Ultrastructural comparison of medial collateral ligament repair after single or multiple applications of GaAlAs laser in rats

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 317-323

  Ng, Gabriel Y F ^a   Fung, Dicky T C ^a   Leung, Mason C P ^a   Guo, Xia ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Collagen; Electron microscopy; Healing; Laser; Ligament

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; GALLIUM; GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; KNEE LIGAMENT; LASER; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGICAL INJURY;

ANIMALS; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 7744222154     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20077     Document Type: Article

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