Direct antifungal effect of femtosecond laser on trichophyton rubrum Onychomycosis

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 476-479

  Manevitch, Zakhariya ^a   Lev, Dmitry ^a   Hochberg, Malka ^a   Palhan, Mila ^a   Lewis, Aaron ^a   Enk, Claes D ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; NAIL; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; TRICHOPHYTON;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; NAILS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; FUNGI; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 77649249809     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2009.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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