Two-photon excitation studies of m-THPC photosensitizer and photodynamic activity in an epithelial cell line

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-111

  Atif, M ^a,c   Dyer, P E ^a   Paget, T A ^a   Snelling, H V ^a   Stringer, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Femtosecond; Foscan; Photodynamic therapy; Two photon

Indexed keywords

TETRAKIS(3 HYDROXYPHENYL)CHLORIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE; LASER; PHOTODYNAMICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34248164488     PISSN: 15721000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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