Successful treatment of scalp actinic keratoses with photodynamic therapy using ambient light [18]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 779-781

  Batchelor, R J ^a   Stables, G I ^a   Stringer, M R ^b  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; FLUOROURACIL;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; AGED; BLISTER; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CRYOTHERAPY; DESQUAMATION; DRY SKIN; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCALP; SCAR FORMATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SCALP DERMATOSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947403649     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.07755.x     Document Type: Letter

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