Pain associated with photodynamic therapy using 5-aminolevulinic acid or 5-aminolevulinic acid methylester on tape-stripped normal skin

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1173-1177

  Wiegell, Stine Regin ^a   Stender, Ida Marie ^b   Na, Renhua ^b   Wulf, Hans Christian ^b  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ESTER DERIVATIVE; PROTOPORPHYRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTERIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141819282     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.9.1173     Document Type: Article

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