Effects of Nd:YAG laser irradiation on morphometry and lung function in elastase-induced emphysema in rats

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 204-212

  Akahane, Tsutomu ^a,b   Kurokawa, Yoshimochi ^a   Chiba, Ryoji ^b   Yaegashi, Hiroshi ^b   Takahashi, Tohru ^b   Satomi, Susumu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emphysema model; Laser pneumoplasty; LVRS; Rat

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRRADIATION; LASER SURGERY; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG SURGERY; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LASER SURGERY; LUNG; MALE; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0031724319     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1998)23:4<204::AID-LSM3>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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