Successful treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis with intralesional aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 254-256

  Evangelou, George ^a   Krasagakis, Konstantin ^a   Giannikaki, Elpida ^a   Kruger Krasagakis, Sabine ^a   Tosca, Androniki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Intralesional 5 ALA PDT

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80053332006     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2011.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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