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PhotodynamicTherapyALAPhotochemicalPhotobiologicalSciencesPhotodynamicTherapywithALA:AClinicalHandbook(ComprehensiveSeriesinPhotochemical&PhotobiologicalSciences)
byRoyPottier,BarbaraKrammer,HerbertStepp,ReinholdBaumgartner
ByRoyPottier,BarbaraKrammer,HerbertStepp,ReinholdBaumgartner
Publisher:RoyalSocietyofChemistry
NumberOfPages:376
PublicationDate:2006-12-28
ISBN-10/ASIN:0854043411
ISBN-13/EAN:9780854043415
Binding:Hardcover
Photodynamictherapy(PDT)isincreasinglybeingusedamongsthealthpractitionersincombatingavarietyofdiseases.Onecommonstrategyusedduringthislightactivatedprocessistoinducetheaccumulationofsignificantamountsofaphotosensitisingagentinthediseasedtissue.Thenaturallyoccurringaminoacid5-aminovulinicacid(ALA)isusedtoproducehighlevelsofthephotosensitizer,ProtoprophyinIX,inthetherapyknownasALA-PDT.WrittenbyexpertsinthefieldPhotodynamicTherapywithALAoutlinesavarietyofclinicalapproachestothetopic,outliningcurrentapplications.TheseincludetheuseofALA-PDTandALA-FD(fluorescencediagnosis)intheareasofdermatology,urology,brain,otorhinolaryngology,gynaecologyandgastroenterology.AlsoincludedisachapterthatcomprehensivelyreviewsthescientificprinciplesofALA-PDT.PrimarilyaimedaclinicalaudiencePhotodynamicTherapywithALAshouldprovideacomprehensivereviewandusefulinsightintoALA-PDT.
