Treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection with intra-gastric violet light phototherapy: A pilot clinical trial

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 337-344

  Lembo, Anthony J ^a   Ganz, Robert A ^b   Sheth, Sunil ^a   Cave, David ^c   Kelly, Ciaran ^a   Levin, Philip ^d   Kazlas, Peter T ^d   Baldwin III, Paul C ^d,e   Lindmark, William R ^d,e   McGrath, Jonathan R ^d   Hamblin, Michael R ^e,f,g  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d LumeRx Inc   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Gastroenterology; Helicobacter pylori; Laser phototherapy; Porphyrins

Indexed keywords

PORPHYRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; SWINE; UREA BREATH TEST;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650245788     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20770     Document Type: Article

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