Demonstration of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) localized to areas of palmar skin injected with 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and pre-treated with a fractionated CO2 laser prior to topically applied ALA

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-122

  Letada, Philip R ^a   Shumaker, Peter R ^a   Uebelhoer, Nathan S ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminolevulinic acid; Delivery system; Fractionated CO2 laser; Intradermal injection; Iontophoresis; Palms

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; PROTOPORPHYRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANICREAM; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FLUORESCENCE; HAND PALM; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GAS LASER; SKIN; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; LASERS, GAS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; SKIN;

EID: 77952668654     PISSN: 15721000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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