Effect of low-level infrared laser therapy on large surgical osteochondral defect in rabbit: A histological study

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-30

  Bayat, Mohammad ^a   Kamali, Fahimeh ^b   Dadpay, Masoomeh ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c AJA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MORPHOLOGIES; CONTROL GROUPS; ENERGY DENSITIES; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; INFRA-RED LASERS; LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPIES; MATRIXES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; OSTEOCHONDRAL DEFECTS; REPAIR TISSUES; SPOT SIZES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCES; STERILE CONDITIONS; STUDY GROUPS;

DEFECTS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFRARED DEVICES; LASER SURGERY; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

LASERS;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; INFRARED RAYS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; PATELLA; RABBITS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 61649109542     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2008.2253     Document Type: Article

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