5-Aminolevulinic acid and the blood-brain barrier - A review

Medical Laser Application

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-40

  Novotny, Alexander ^a   Stummer, Walter ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 aminolevulinic acid; Blood brain barrier; Choroid plexus; Gliomas; Protoporphyrin IX

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BRAIN; PORPHYRINS; TUMORS;

BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER (BBB);

ORGANIC ACIDS;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG TRANSPORT; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

EID: 0037398960     PISSN: 16151615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1615-1615-00085     Document Type: Review

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