Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 44-52 , March 2007

Topical 5-aminolevulinic acid-mediated photodynamic therapy for oral verrucous hyperplasia, oral leukoplakia and oral erythroleukoplakia

  • Hsin-Ming Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • School of Dentistry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chuan-Hang Yu

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Clinical Dentistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tsuimin Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Biomedical Materials, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yih-Chih Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Engineering Center, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu 310, Taiwan
    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung Li 320, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ru-Cheng Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Pin Chiang, DDS, DMSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • School of Dentistry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Clinical Dentistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 1, Chang-Te Street, Taipei 100, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 2 2312 3456x6855; fax: +886 2 2389 3853.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2006.11.003

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 44-52 , March 2007

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