Effect of low-power helium-neon laser irradiation on 13-week immobilized articular cartilage of rabbits

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 866-870

  Bayat, Mohammad ^a   Ansari, Anayatallah ^b   Hekmat, Hossien ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Iranian Islamic Free University   (Iran)

Author keywords

Helium neon laser; Immobilized articular cartilage; Laser irradiation; Low power laser

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CHONDROCYTES; HELIUM-NEON LASER IRRADIATION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARTILAGE; MORPHOLOGY;

LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

HELIUM; NEON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CHEMISTRY; LASER; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; HELIUM; LASERS; MALE; NEON; RABBITS; REGENERATION;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 4444288675     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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