"Aminolevulinic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A compound produced from succinyl-CoA and GLYCINE as an intermediate in heme synthesis. It is used as a PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY for actinic KERATOSIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D000622
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.241.755.547.276 D12.125.262
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| Concept/Terms |
Aminolevulinic Acid- Aminolevulinic Acid
- Acid, Aminolevulinic
- Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid
- Acid, Delta-Aminolevulinic
- Delta Aminolevulinic Acid
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Vald?s PA, Moses ZB, Kim A, Belden CJ, Wilson BC, Paulsen KD, Roberts DW, Harris BT. Gadolinium- and 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin IX levels in human gliomas: an ex vivo quantitative study to correlate protoporphyrin IX levels and blood-brain barrier breakdown. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2012 Sep; 71(9):806-13.
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Vald?s PA, Kim A, Brantsch M, Niu C, Moses ZB, Tosteson TD, Wilson BC, Paulsen KD, Roberts DW, Harris BT. d-aminolevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin IX concentration correlates with histopathologic markers of malignancy in human gliomas: the need for quantitative fluorescence-guided resection to identify regions of increasing malignancy. Neuro Oncol. 2011 Aug; 13(8):846-56.