Low-level laser therapy in chronic autoimmune thyroiditis: A pilot study

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 589-596

  Höfling, Danilo B ^a   Chavantes, Maria Cristina ^a   Juliano, Adriana G ^a   Cerri, Giovanni G ^a   Romão, Rossana ^a   Yoshimura, Elisabeth Mateus ^a   Chammas, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoimmunity; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Hypothyroidism; Laser therapy (LLLT); Thyroid; Treatment; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 77955649701     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20941     Document Type: Article

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