Treatment of cutaneous Leishmaniasis with photodynamic therapy

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 432-434

  Enk, Claes D ^a   Fritsch, Clemens ^b   Jonas, Flory ^a   Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed ^a   Ingber, Arieh ^a   Jaffe, Charles L ^a   Ruzicka, Thomas ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; PAROMOMYCIN; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ADULT; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS;

EID: 0345269301     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.4.432     Document Type: Article

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