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Significance of dosimetry in photodynamic therapy of injured arteries

  • US 6,520,981 B1
  • Filed: 10/02/2000
  • Issued: 02/18/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for modulating restenosis in a subject, comprising the steps of non-systemically administering a therapeutically effective amount of a benzoporphyrin derivative or methylene blue to an injury site in vivo and irradiating the injury site with sufficient light energy between about 300 and 900 nm, such that undesired cells at the injury site are destroyed and restenosis in the subject is modulated.

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