An evaluation of exogenous application of protoporphyrin IX and its dimethyl ester as a photodynamic diagnostic agent in poorly differentiated human nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 596-601

  Tammilmani, Vanaja ^a   Yee, Karen Kar Lye ^a   Heng, Paul Wan Sia ^b   Soo, Khee Chee ^a   Olivo, Malini ^a  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ESTER; GANTREZ; GANTREZ COPOLYMER; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; POVIDONE; PROTOPORPHYRIN; PROTOPORPHYRIN DIMETHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG UPTAKE; ESTERIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE; GEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MODEL; MOUSE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMICS; TUMOR; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR XENOGRAFT; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 12944324235     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2004)080<0596:AEOEAO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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