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An In Vitro Approach to Photodynamic Therapy
Published on: August 17, 2018
Allergic contact dermatitis to methyl aminolevulinate after photodynamic therapy in 9 patients
Thomas Hohwy1, Klaus Ejner Andersen, Henrik Sølvsten
1Department of Dermatology and Allergy Center, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark.
Contact Dermatitis
|October 17, 2007
Abstract:
This report describes 9 patients who developed allergic contact dermatitis to methyl aminolevulinate used for photodynamic therapy (PDT). The risk of developing contact allergy to methyl aminolevulinate in PDT treated patients was calculated to 1% after an average of 7 treatments (range 2-21).
