Efficacy of 3 different light doses in the treatment of actinic keratosis with 5-aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy: A randomized, observer-blinded, intrapatient, comparison study

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 823-827

  Radakovic Fijan, Sonja ^a   Blecha Thalhammer, Ulrike ^a   Kittler, Harald ^a   Hönigsmann, Herbert ^a   Tanew, Adrian ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MALE; PAIN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REMISSION; SCALP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 27144526625     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.06.010     Document Type: Article

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