Methylene blue-mediated photodynamic therapy: A possible alternative treatment for oral lichen planus

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-38

  Aghahosseini, Farzane ^a,c   Arbabi Kalati, Fateme ^a   Fashtami, Leila Ataie ^b,c,d   Djavid, Gholamreza Esmaeeli ^b   Fateh, Mohsen ^b   Beitollahi, Jalil Momen ^a,c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c Department of Oral Medicine ^*  (Iran)

^d Iranian Center for Medical Laser (ICML)   (Iran)

Author keywords

Methylene blue; Oral lichen planus; Pain severity; Photodynamic therapy; Sign score

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLENE BLUE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRRADIATION; KERATOSIS; LICHEN PLANUS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MOUTH PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32644452775     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20278     Document Type: Article

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