A clinical study of photodynamic therapy for superficial esophageal carcinoma by YAG-OPO laser

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 173-176

  Yoshida, Kazunari ^a   Suzuki, Shigeru ^a   Mimura, Seishiro ^b   Narahara, Hiroyuki ^b   Tanimura, Hiroshi ^c   Nagai, Yugo ^c   Isono, Kaichi ^d   Kozu, Teruo ^d   Fukutomi, Hisayuki ^e   Nakahara, Akira ^e   Kashimura, Hiromasa ^e   Hirashima, Toshio ^f   Murata, Yoko ^a   Ide, Hiroko ^a   Kato, Harubumi ^g  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^c WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^f Chibanishi General Hospital   (Japan)

^g TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopic therapy; PHE; Photodynamic therapy; Superficial esophageal carcinoma; YAG OPO laser

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENERGY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YAG LASER;

EID: 13144253106     PISSN: 10703608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/DTE.4.173     Document Type: Article

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