Topical treatment of disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis with hypericin-photodynamic therapy: A case report

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-125

  Boiy, Annelies ^a   de Witte, Peter A M ^a   Roelandts, Rik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Actinic porokeratosis; Hypericin; PDT

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; FLUOROURACIL; HYPERICIN; LIDOCAINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PERYLENE;

ACTINIC POROKERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED SUPERFICIAL ACTINIC POROKERATOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; PAIN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TINGLING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; POROKERATOSIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERYLENE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; POROKERATOSIS;

EID: 77952553824     PISSN: 15721000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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