Treatment of actinic cheilitis using photodynamic therapy with methylaminolevulinate: Report of three cases

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1344-1348

  Hauschild, Axel ^a   Lischner, Stephan ^a   Lange Asschenfeldt, Bernhard ^a   Egberts, Friederike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; DIPYRONE; IMIQUIMOD; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ACTINIC CHEILITIS; ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CHEILITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MELANOMA; PAIN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED LIGHT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SUN EXPOSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27744582451     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2005.31217     Document Type: Article

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