Journal of Dental Sciences
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 36-40 , March 2010

Successful treatment of an early invasive oral squamous cell carcinoma with topical 5-aminolevulinic acid-mediated photodynamic therapy

  • Hsin-Ming Chen

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Clinical Dentistry, School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chuan-Hang Yu

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Clinical Dentistry, School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hung-Pin Lin

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Clinical Dentistry, School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsiang Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ru-Cheng Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ying-Shiung Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dentistry, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Pin Chiang

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Clinical Dentistry, School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, 1, Chang-Te Street, Taipei 10048, Taiwan

Received 23 November 2009 ,Accepted 21 January 2010.

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PII: S1991-7902(10)60006-2

doi: 10.1016/S1991-7902(10)60006-2

Journal of Dental Sciences
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 36-40 , March 2010

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