Photodynamic therapy for photorejuvenation and non-oncologic indications: Overview and update

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 473-485

  Kohl, E A ^a   Karrer, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acne vulgaris; Leishmaniasis; Photochemotherapy; Scleroderma, localized; Skin aging; Warts

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; PROTEIN P53; STROMELYSIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACNE VULGARIS; ACTINIC KERATOSIS; BLUE LIGHT; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRY SKIN; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOUS SKIN DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT; LEISHMANIASIS; LIGHT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MYCOSIS; PHOTOAGING; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOREJUVENATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; PSORIASIS; RED LIGHT; REJUVENATION; REVIEW; SCLERODERMA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

EID: 84856884815     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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