Background and Objective: One of the major side effects of photodynamic therapy (PDT) employing Photofrin as the sensitizer is enhanced photosensitivity of the skin. The basic mechanism in PDT damage is believed to be the formation of singlet oxygen and radical species. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) increa
Effects of Photofrin® on in vivo skin reflectivity
✍ Scribed by Linda Ramball Jones; Leonard I. Grossweiner
- Book ID
- 108044197
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 284 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1011-1344
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