Photodynamic therapy. When and how?

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 325-327

  Braathen, L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; FLUOROURACIL;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; CANCER CELL; CELL KILLING; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; REVIEW;

EID: 33745419343     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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