Targeted laryngeal photodynamic therapy with a balloon diffusing light source

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 158-161

  Grossman, Craig ^a   Zhu, Timothy ^a   Finlay, Jarod ^a   Dimofte, Andrea ^a   Malloy, Kelly ^a   O'Malley, Bert ^a   Weinstein, Gregory ^a   Busch, Theresa M ^a   Quon, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ALA; Balloon catheter; Head and neck pre malignant lesions; Levulan ; Photodynamic therapy; Protoporphyrin IX

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; DRUG METABOLISM; DYSPHONIA; DYSPLASIA; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LARYNGEAL BIOPSY; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX DYSPLASIA; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; VOCAL CORD;

AGED; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BALLOON DILATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPES; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS;

EID: 77956010086     PISSN: 15721000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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