title: Review of applications of fluorescence excitation spectroscopy to dermatology.
abstract: Endogenous molecules that exhibit fluorescence hold the potential to serve as reporters of tissue structure, activity and physiology. Fluorescence excitation spectroscopy is one means to measure and express tissue's innate fluorescence. This review focuses on the application of endogenous fluorescence ultraviolet excitation spectroscopy to dermatology.
authors.affiliation: Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.affiliation: Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gutierrez-Herrera
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Skin Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kollias
authors.affiliation: Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Doukas
mesh_terms: D049109:Cell Proliferation; D004817:Epidermis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015595:Skin Aging / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods