aminolevulinic love

Definitions

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to aminolevulinic acid or its derivatives

Etymologies

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amino- +‎ levulinic

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Examples

  • GUPTA: First Brienne's doctors apply something called aminolevulinic acid or ALA to the skin making bacteria photoactive and receptive to the laser.

    CNN Transcript Nov 23, 2003 2003

  • First aminolevulinic acid ALA is applied to the skin.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • First aminolevulinic acid ALA is applied to the skin.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • First aminolevulinic acid ALA is applied to the skin.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • However, such a critical effect may or may not be of immediate importance to the health of the organism as a whole as occurs when there is an increased excretion of & - aminolevulinic acid (ALA) in the urine after critical exposure to lead, and an increased excretion of low-molecular weight proteins after exposure to critical levels of Cadmium.

    Chapter 13 1996

  • The FDA acknowledged that cutaneous SCC is a serious problem in patients at high risk for developing SCCs, such as solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs), and that aminolevulinic acid would be a potential preventative therapy in these patients.

    BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories 2010

  • Levulan (R) Kerastick(R) (aminolevulinic acid HCl) for Topical Solution, 20% plus DUSA's BLU-U (R) blue light photodynamic therapy illuminator is currently approved for the treatment of minimally to moderately thick actinic keratoses (AKs) of the face or scalp.

    unknown title 2011

  • ® (aminolevulinic acid HCl) Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) for the prevention of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) in patients who have a proven history of multiple localized cutaneous SCCs over a 12 month period.

    BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories 2010

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