Lasers: Reflections on their evolution

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 84-92

  Aronoff, Billie L ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

hyperthermia; oxygen; photochemotherapy; photodynamic therapy; thermoradiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; EVOLUTION; HISTORY; HYPERTHERMIA; LASER SURGERY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031057936     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199701)64:1<84::AID-JSO17>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Review

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