Heating increases protoporphyrin IX production in normal skin after delivery of 5-aminolevulinic acid by iontophoresis

Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed. 2009 Dec;25(6):333-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2009.00461.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aminolevulinic Acid / administration & dosage
  • Aminolevulinic Acid / pharmacology*
  • Hot Temperature*
  • Humans
  • Iontophoresis*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Photosensitizing Agents / administration & dosage
  • Photosensitizing Agents / pharmacology*
  • Protoporphyrins / biosynthesis*
  • Skin / drug effects*
  • Skin / metabolism
  • Skin Neoplasms / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Photosensitizing Agents
  • Protoporphyrins
  • Aminolevulinic Acid
  • protoporphyrin IX