Topical photodynamic therapy with porphyrin precursors - Assessment of treatment-associated pain in a retrospective study

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1111-1116

  Steinbauer, Julia Maria ^a   Schreml, Stephan ^a   Babilas, Philipp ^a   Zeman, Florian ^a   Karrer, Sigrid ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a   Szeimies, Rolf Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 68749107252     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b823378k     Document Type: Article

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