Phototherapy improves healing of chronic venous ulcers

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-118

  Caetano, Kelly Steinkopf ^a   Frade, Marco Andrey Cipriani ^a   Minatel, Débora Garbin ^b   Santana, Luisiane Ávila ^a   Enwemeka, Chukuka S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; COMPUTER IMAGE ANALYSIS; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHIES; GROWTH FACTORS; PHOTOTHERAPY; SILVER SULFADIAZINES; SOLARIS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

SILVER;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; PHOTOTHERAPY; SILVER SULFADIAZINE; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 61649101762     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2008.2398     Document Type: Article

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