Variable pulsed light is less painful than light-emitting diodes for topical photodynamic therapy of actinic keratosis: A prospective randomized controlled trial

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-117

  Babilas, P ^a   Knobler, R ^b   Hummel, S ^a   Gottschaller, C ^a   Maisch, T ^a   Koller, M ^a   Landthaler, M ^a   Szeimies, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

5 aminolaevulinic acid; Actinic keratosis; Photodynamic therapy; Protoporphyrin IX; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; APPLICATION SITE ERYTHEMA; APPLICATION SITE PRURITUS; APPLICATION SITE SWELLING; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; EROSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34250617012     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.07959.x     Document Type: Article

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