New Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy in Gastroenterology
Most applications of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in gastroenterology to date have used porfimer sodium as the photosensitizing agent. For destroying small lesions in the wall of the gastrointestinal tract in inoperable patients, it has proved to be most effective, but attempts to achieve circumferent...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
1999-01-01
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Series: | Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1999/454789 |