The sources of laser Doppler blood-flow signals recorded from vital and root canal treated teeth

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-57

  Polat, Serkan ^a   Er, Kürşat ^a   Akpinar, Kerem E ^a   Polat, N Tülin ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Laser Doppler flowmetry; Pulpal blood flow measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0842345636     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(03)00197-3     Document Type: Article

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