A pilot study to assess the efficacy of photodynamic therapy for Japanese patients with actinic keratosis in relation to lesion size and histological severity

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-40

  Nakano, Aki ^a   Tamada, Y ^a   Watanabe, D ^a   Ishida, N ^a   Yamashita, N ^a   Kuhara, T ^a   Yanagishita, T ^a   Kawamura, C ^a   Akita, Y ^a   Matsumoto, Y ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actinic keratosis; Histopathological classification; Japanese patients; Lesion size; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRRADIATION; JAPANESE; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; TUMOR CELL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 58149479822     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2009.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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