Laser light is capable of inducing proliferation of carcinoma cells in culture: A spectroscopic in vitro study

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 300-303

  Werneck, Carlos Eduardo ^a   Barbosa Pinheiro, Antônio Luiz ^a,b,d   Tavares Pacheco, Marcos Tadeu ^a   Pacheco Soares, Cristina ^a   Freire De Castro, Jurema Lisboa ^c  

^a Research and Development Institute   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d Institute for Research and Development   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CELLS; IRRADIATION; SOLUTIONS;

CARCINOMA CELLS; ENERGY DENSITY; LASER LIGHT; PROLIFERATION;

LASERS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IRRADIATION; LASER; LIGHT; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LASERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 21444433180     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2005.23.300     Document Type: Article

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