Effects of Low-Intensity Polarized Visible Laser Radiation on Skin Burns: A Light Microscopy Study

Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-66

  Simões Ribeiro, Martha ^a,c   Teixeira Da Silva, Daniela De Fãtima ^a   Nabuco De Araújo, Carlos Eugênio ^b   De Oliveira, Sérgio Ferreira ^b   Raspantini Pelegrini, Cleusa Maria ^b   Tenório Zorn, Telma Maria ^b   Zezell, Denise Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SKIN;

LASER RADIATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY (LLLT);

LASER SURGERY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BURN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; HISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER SURGERY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1842786990     PISSN: 10445471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/104454704773660994     Document Type: Article

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