Quantitative spectroscopic analysis of 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin IX fluorescence intensity in diffusely infiltrating astrocytomas

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 53-57

  Ishihara, Ryutaro ^a   Katayama, Yoichi ^a   Watanabe, Takao ^a   Yoshino, Atsuo ^a   Fukushima, Takao ^a   Sakatani, Kaoru ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 aminolevulinic acid; Diffusely infiltrating astrocytoma; Fluorescence; Protoporphyrin; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CD31 ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTOPORPHYRIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABELING INDEX; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE SECTION;

AGED; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 33847612460     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.47.53     Document Type: Article

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