Photodynamic therapy for granuloma annulare: More than a shot in the dark

Dermatology

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 329-332

  Weisenseel, Peter ^a   Kuznetsov, Alexander Vasilevic ^a   Molin, Sonja ^a   Ruzicka, Thomas ^a   Berking, Carola ^a   Prinz, Joerg Christoph ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Granuloma annulare; Photodynamic therapy; Side effects

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; RED LIGHT; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AGED; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ELBOW; FEMALE; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HAND; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51749086836     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000155643     Document Type: Article

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