Photodynamic (PDT) therapy is a relatively new technique with unique properties that make it attractive for the local treatment of superficial epithelial disorders. The objective of this study was to investigate the clinical response of PDT with the photosensitizing agent 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-AL
Effectiveness of different light sources for 5-aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy
β Scribed by Asta Juzeniene; Petras Juzenas; Li-Wei Ma; Vladimir Iani; Johan Moan
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 471 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0268-8921
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