Surgical scar remodelling after photodynamic therapy using aminolaevulinic acid or its methylester: A retrospective, blinded study of patients with field cancerization

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 413-416

  Sakamoto, F H ^a   Izikson, L ^a   Tannous, Z ^a   Zurakowski, D ^b   Anderson, R Rox ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ESTER DERIVATIVE; KERASTIC; METHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DERMATOLOGIST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MALE; NECK; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; SKIN CANCER; THIGH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AGED; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84856224233     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10576.x     Document Type: Article

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