Predictors of pain associated with photodynamic therapy: A retrospective study of 658 treatments

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 545-551

  Halldin, Christina B ^a   Gillstedt, Martin ^a   Paoli, John ^a   Wennberg, Ann Marie ^a   Gonzalez, Helena ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Actinic keratoses; Basal cell carcinoma; Field cancerization; Pain; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051992790     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1101     Document Type: Article

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