Photodynamic therapy of multiple actinic keratoses: Reduced pain through use of visible light plus water-filtered infrared A compared with light from light-emitting diodes

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 607-615

  Von Felbert, V ^a   Hoffmann, G ^b   Hoff Lesch, S ^a   Abuzahra, F ^a,c   Renn, C N ^a   Braathen, L R ^d   Merk, H F ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ZAANS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

actinic keratoses; aminolaevulinic acid; pain; photodynamic therapy; randomized controlled trial; water filtered infrared A

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; APPLICATION SITE PUSTULE; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; WATER;

EID: 77955872192     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09817.x     Document Type: Article

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