Treatment of Diffuse Basal Cell Carcinomas and Basaloid Follicular Hamartomas in Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome by Wide-Area 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Photodynamic Therapy
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Treatment of diffuse basal cell carcinomas and basaloid follicular hamartomas in nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome by wide-area 5-aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy.
OBJECTIVE To report the use of wide-area 5-aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy to treat numerous basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) and basaloid follicular hamartomas (BFHs). DESIGN Report of cases. SETTING Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Patients Three children with BCCs and BFHs involving 12% to 25% of their body surface areas. Interventions Twenty percent 5-aminolevulinic acid was applied ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Dermatology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0003-987X
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.1.60