Relief from the pain of the juvenile rheumatoid arthritis-affected temporomandibular joint by the irradiation of linear polarized near infrared ray

Pain Clinic

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 197-202

  Yokoyama, Kozo ^a   Oku, Takeshi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser; Rheumatoid arthritis; Temporomandibular joint

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; AUROTHIOMALATE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JAW MOVEMENT; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

EID: 0031957961     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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