A quantitative comparison of 5-Aminolaevulinic acid- and methyl aminolevulinate-induced fluorescence, photobleaching and pain during photodynamic therapy

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 242-249

  Valentine, Ronan M ^a,b   Ibbotson, Sally H ^b   Brown, C Tom A ^a   Wood, Kenny ^a   Moseley, Harry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METHYL 5-AMINOLEVULINATE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BOWEN DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY;

AGED; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BOWEN'S DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS;

EID: 78650645192     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2010.00829.x     Document Type: Article

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