title: [The wider application of photodynamic therapy in dermatology].
abstract: Photodynamic treatment is increasingly employed in the detection and treatment of malignant and non-malignant skin disease. --Indications for photodynamic therapy so far are actinic keratosis, Bowen's disease and superficially growing basal cell carcinomas, and probably verrucae and acne vulgaris. --This technology is also currently under investigation for fluorescence diagnostics oftumour margins. --The exact position of photodynamic therapy has not yet been established because there are too less long-term comparative studies demonstrating its effectiveness. --Based on the short-term results, photodynamic therapy deserves a place within the total therapeutic arsenal of the dermatologist of today for the indications mentioned above.
authors.affiliation: Academisch Ziekenhuis, afd. Dermatologie, Postbus 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht.
authors.forename: M R T M
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Thissen
authors.forename: D I M
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Kuijpers
authors.forename: H A M
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Neumann
mesh_terms: D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001913:Bowen's Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003880:Dermatology / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007642:Keratosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid