Response of vulval lichen sclerosus and squamous hyperplasia to photodynamic treatment using sustained topical delivery of aminolevulinic acid from a novel bioadhesive patch system

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-113

  Zawislak, Agnieszka A ^a   McCluggage, William G ^b   Donnelly, Ryan F ^c   Maxwell, Peter ^b   Price, John H ^a   Dobbs, Stephen P ^a   McClelland, H Raymond ^a   Woolfson, A David ^c   McCarron, Paul A ^d  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioadhesive patch; Photodynamic therapy; Squamous hyperplasia; Vulval lichen sclerosus

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; COPOLYMER; GANTREZ COPOLYMER; MALEIC ACID;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; IRRADIATION; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VULVA;

ADHESIVENESS; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; VULVAR LICHEN SCLEROSUS;

EID: 62749126664     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2009.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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