Cold Air Analgesia in Photodynamic Therapy of Basal Cell Carcinomas and Bowen's Disease: An Effective Addition to Treatment: A Pilot Study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-66

  Pagliaro, John ^a,c   Elliott, Tim ^b   Bulsara, Max ^b   King, Camilla ^b   Vinciullo, Carl ^b  

^a Dermatology Specialist Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Dermatology Specialist Center   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; COLD AIR; COLD AIR ANALGESIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN TUMOR;

ANALGESIA; BOWEN'S DISEASE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; COLD; HUMANS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0842333121     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30011.x     Document Type: Article

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