Aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-assisted photodynamic diagnosis of subclinical and latent HPV infection of external genital region

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 251-255

  Wang, Hong Wei ^a   Wang, Xiu Li ^a   Zhang, Ling Lin ^a   Guo, Ming Xia ^a   Huang, Zheng ^b  

^a Shanghai Skin Disease and STD Hospital   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Aminolevulinic acid (ALA); Condylomata acuminata; Fluorescence; Human papillomavirus (HPV); Photodynamic diagnosis (PDD)

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AILA; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREAM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MUCOSAL DISEASE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CONDYLOMATA ACUMINATA; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

EID: 60949099318     PISSN: 15721000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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