Effect of lower-level laser therapy on rabbit tibial fracture

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 487-494

  Liu, Xuecheng ^a   Lyon, Roger ^a   Meier, Heidi T ^a   Thometz, John ^a   Haworth, Steven T ^b  

^a Medical College of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BONE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY (LLLT); MID-TIBIAL OSTEOTOMIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; WHITE RABBITS;

FRACTURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE REMODELING; CALLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOMA; HISTOLOGY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; THICKNESS; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; FRACTURE HEALING; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; RABBITS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 37549021426     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2006.2075     Document Type: Article

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