Photodynamic therapy for rheumatoid arthritis?

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 359-364

  Hendrich, Christian ^a   Siebert, Werner E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Clinic for Orthopedic Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Excimer laser; Orthopedic surgery; Synovectomy

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; MORRHUATE SODIUM; PIROXICAM;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LASER; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVECTOMY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CELLS, CULTURED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLOROQUINE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; LASERS; METHOTREXATE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PIROXICAM; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SODIUM MORRHUATE;

EID: 0030928165     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1997)21:4<359::AID-LSM7>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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