Treatment of port wine stains with photodynamic therapy, using pulsed dye laser as a light source, compared with pulsed dye laser alone: A pilot study

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 266-269

  Evans, Alun V ^a   Robson, Alistair ^b   Barlow, Richard J ^b   Kurwa, Habib A ^b  

^a PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Photodynamic therapy; Port wine stain; Pulsed dye laser

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; EMLA; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; OPEN STUDY; PAIN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PORT-WINE STAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17744364984     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20151     Document Type: Article

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