Science, medicine, and the future: New techniques in laser therapy

British Medical Journal

Volumn 316, Issue 7133, 1998, Pages 754-757

  Bown, Stephen G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL DESTRUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; LASER ANGIOPLASTY; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; LIVER METASTASIS; MENORRHAGIA; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0032492468     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7133.754     Document Type: Short Survey

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