Enhanced efficacy of photodynamic therapy with methyl 5-aminolevulinic acid in recalcitrant periungual warts after ablative carbon dioxide fractional laser: A pilot study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1927-1932

  Yoo, Kwang Ho ^a   Kim, Beom Joon ^a   Kim, Myeung Nam ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NAIL DYSTROPHY; PAIN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALCITRANT PERIUNGUAL WART; RECURRENT DISEASE; RED LIGHT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ADULT; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72349095547     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01307.x     Document Type: Article

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