Background and Objective: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) was discovered over 100 years ago by its ability to kill various microorganisms when the appropriate dye and light were combined in the presence of oxygen. However it is only in relatively recent times that PDT has been studied as a treatment for
Clinical applications for photodynamic therapy
β Scribed by J.A.S. Carruth
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 171 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1011-1344
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