Effect of 670-nm laser therapy and dexamethasone on tissue repair: A histological and ultrastructural study

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 307-313

  Reis, Sílvia R A ^a,c   Medrado, Alena P ^b   Marchionni, Antönio Márcio T ^a   Figueira, Claúdio ^b   Fracassi, Larissa D ^a   Knop, Luégya A H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Integrated Clinic   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER SURGERY; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION;

DEXAMETHASONE; EXTRA CELLULAR MATRICES; TISSUE REPAIRING; ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDY; WOUND HEALING;

DRUG THERAPY;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; COLLAGEN FIBER; DEXAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; SKIN INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE REPAIR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 50649090029     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2007.2151     Document Type: Article

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