Chemical and structural changes in blood undergoing laser photocoagulation

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-97

  Black, John F ^a,c   Barton, Jennifer Kehlet ^b  

^a Coherent Medical Group ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Reliant Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMATOPHORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOTHERAPY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL DISORDER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BLOOD; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD COAGULATION; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 4644220284     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2004-03-05-RA-102.1     Document Type: Article

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