Thoracoscopic fluorescence diagnosis (TFD) of pleural malignancies: Experimental studies

Thorax

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1005-1009

  Prosst, R L ^a   Winkler, S ^b   Boehm, E ^b   Gahlen, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADVANCED CANCER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMATOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INOCULATION; LIGHT; LUNG CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PLEURA CANCER; PLEURA CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPECTROMETRY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; TIME; TUMOR GROWTH; VIDEORECORDING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RATS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSCOPY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036898912     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.12.1005     Document Type: Article

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