An open trial of 5-aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy for vulvar lichen sclerosus

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-188

  Sotiriou, Eleni ^a   Panagiotidou, Despoina ^a   Ioannidis, Demetrios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; PIMECROLIMUS; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; OPEN STUDY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RED LIGHT; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN ATROPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 56249109037     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2008.07.027     Document Type: Letter

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