Magnetic therapy for edema in inflammation: A physiological assessment

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Rumbaut, Rolando E ^a,b   Mirkovic, Dragan ^c  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CARRAGEENAN;

EDEMA; EDITORIAL; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; THERAPY EFFECT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CARRAGEENAN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EDEMA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HISTAMINE; INFLAMMATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38149106424     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01342.2007     Document Type: Editorial

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