Autofluorescence spectroscopy of cells and tissues as a tool for biomedical diagnosis

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 189-210

  Bottiroli, Giovanni ^a   Croce, Anna Cleta ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; CATECHOLAMINE; CEROID; COLLAGEN; CYTOKERATIN; DOPAMINE; ELASTIN; FLAVINE NUCLEOTIDE; HEMATOPORPHYRIN; LIPOFUSCIN; MELANIN; NORADRENALIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PHENYLALANINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PORPHYRIN; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; PROTOPORPHYRIN; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; PYRIDINE; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMEDICINE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL METABOLISM; COLON CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EYE DISEASE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; LIPOFUSCINOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHOTODYNAMICS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA CANCER;

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