Low-level laser therapy enhances wound healing in diabetic rats: A comparison of different lasers

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 72-77

  Al Watban, Farouk A H ^a   Zhang, Xing Yang ^a   Andres, Bernard L ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABETIC RATS; LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY (LLLT);

LASER BEAM EFFECTS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RATS; WAVELENGTH;

LASER THEORY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIODE LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; SKIN INJURY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34447532329     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2006.1094     Document Type: Article

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