The Science of Photomedicine
Although the history of photomedicine dates back thousands of years, with even preliterate cultures appreciating the healing properties of sunlight, for many workers in the discipline photomedicine is associated with the observation about 100 years ago of Niels Finsen, a Danish physician. Finsen rec...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1982, 1982
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1982 |
| Series: | Photobiology
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I Photobiology in Medicine
- 1. The Scope of Photomedicine
- II. Photophysics, Luminescence, and Photochemistry
- 2. On Light, Colors, and the Origins of Spectroscopy
- 3. Introduction to Fluorescence Diagnosis
- 4. Ultraviolet-Induced Damage and Its Repair in Human DNA
- 5. Photodynamic Reactions in Photomedicine
- III. Photobiology of Normal Human Skin
- 6. Optical Properties of Human Skin
- 7. The Photochemistry and Photobiology of Vitamin D3
- 8. Responses of Normal Skin to Ultraviolet Radiation
- 9. Photocarcinogenesis
- 10. Photoimmunology
- IV. Photosensitized and Abnormal Reactions of Human Skin
- 11. Mechanisms of Photosensitization to Drugs in Humans
- 12. Photodermatoses
- V. Photoprotection
- 13. Photobiology of Carotenoid Protection
- 14. Beta-Carotene Therapy for Erythropoietic Protoporphyria and Other Photosensitivity Diseases
- 15. Topical and Systemic Approaches to Protection of Human Skin against Harmful Effects of Solar Radiation
- VI Therapeutic Photomedicine
- 16. Phototherapy of Hyperbilirubinemia
- 17. Phototherapy of Psoriasis and Other Skin Diseases
- 18. LaserAppIicationsinMedicine
- 19. Photodynamic Inactivation of Herpesvirus
- 20. Dye-Light Phototherapy of Virai Bacteriah and Fungal Infections
- 21. Transforming A ctivity of Viruses after Dye-Light Inactivation
- 22. PhotochemotherapyofSkinDiseases
- 23. PhotoradiationTherapy of HumanTumors