Treatment of angiofibromas of tuberous sclerosis with 5-aminolevulinic acid blue light photodynamic therapy followed by immediate pulsed dye laser

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1849-1851

  Weinberger, Christine H ^a   Endrizzi, Bart ^a   Hook, Kristen P ^a   Lee, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESQUAMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEMANGIOFIBROMA; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SCHOOL CHILD; SWELLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANGIOFIBROMA; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, DYE; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72349083964     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01304.x     Document Type: Article

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