A preliminary report on the effect of laser therapy on the healing of cutaneous surgical wounds as a consequence of an inversely proportional relationship between wavelength and intensity: Histological study in rats

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 513-518

  Do Nascimento, Patrícia Maria ^a   Pinheiro, Antonio Luiz B ^a,b   Salgado, Miguel Ângelo Castilho ^c   Ramalho, Luciana Maria Pedreira ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FORMALDEHYDE; HISTOLOGY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; REPAIR; SURGERY; TISSUE;

BIOMODULATORY EFFECTS; CUTANEOUS WOUNDS; LASER THERAPY; TISSUE REPAIR;

LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPECTRUM; SURGICAL WOUND; TISSUE REPAIR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 13844316789     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2004.22.513     Document Type: Article

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