Photodynamic therapy: Treatment of choice for actinic cheilitis?

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 412-415

  Rossi, R ^a   Assad, G Bani ^a   Buggiani, G ^a   Lotti, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actinic cheilitis; Photodamage; Therapy; Tumor prevention

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ACTINIC CHEILITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEILITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOSIS; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; SKIN TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CHEILITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 53349141491     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2008.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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