Improvement in quality of life of an oncological patient by laser phototherapy

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 371-374

  Campos, Luana ^a   Simões, Alyne ^a   Sá, Pedro Henrique Rosário Nogueira ^a   Eduardo, Carlos De Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SURGERY;

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HEAD AND NECK; HIGH POWER DIODE LASER; LASER PHOTOTHERAPY; ORAL HYGIENES; ORAL MUCOSITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL EXCISION;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

METHYLENE BLUE;

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIODE LASER; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; LIP; MOUTH; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH PAIN; MOUTH ULCER; MUCOSA; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PALATOMAXILLA TUMOR; PHOTOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TONGUE; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 65349185473     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2008.2300     Document Type: Article

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