Comparison of the effects of laser therapy on wound healing using different laser wavelengths

Laser Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-135

  Al Watban, Farouk Ah ^a   Zhang, Xing Yang ^a  

^a King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Laser Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

argon laser; dosimetry of wound healing; GaAlAs laser; HeCd laser; HeNe laser; rat model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002824103     PISSN: 08985901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5978/islsm.8.127     Document Type: Article

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