Photodynamic Therapy of Superficial Basal Cell Carcinoma with 5-Aminolevulinic Acid with Dimethylsulfoxide and Ethylendiaminetetraacetic Acid: A Comparison of Two Light Sources
✍ Scribed by Ana Maria Soler; Even Angell-Petersen; Trond Warloe; Johan Tausjø; Harald B. Steen; Johan Moan; Karl-Erik Giercksky
- Book ID
- 111836466
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 74 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0031-8655
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