Phototoxicity of 5-aminolevulinic acid in the HeLa cell line as an indicative measure of photodynamic effect after topical administration to gynecological lesions of intraepithelial form.

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Published in Pharm Res on October 01, 2004

Authors

Paul A McCarron1, Ryan F Donnelly, Brendan F Gilmore, A David Woolfson, Raymond McClelland, Agnieszka Zawislak, John H Price

Author Affiliations

1: School of Pharmacy, Queens University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK. p.mccarron@qub.ac.uk

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