Topical 5-aminolaevulinic acid mediated photodynamic therapy of superficial basal cell carcinoma using two light fractions with a two-hour interval: Long-term follow-up

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 412-417

  Star, Willem M ^a   Van't Veen, Albert J ^a   Robinson, Dominic J ^a   Munte, Kai ^a   De Haas, Ellen R M ^a   Sterenborg, Henricus J C M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

5 aminolaevulinic acid; Fluorescence; Fractionated illumination; Photodynamic therapy, basal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; EMLA; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLEACHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; FLUORESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; SKIN TUMOR; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33749000270     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0129     Document Type: Article

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