A prospective randomized study of 980 nm diode laser-assisted venous ulcer healing on 34 patients

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 580-585

  Leclère, Franck Marie ^a,b   Puechguiral, Isabelle Renaud ^b   Rotteleur, Guy ^b   Thomas, Pierre ^b   Mordon, Serge R ^a,b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRARED RADIATION; LEG ULCER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ULCER; ULCER HEALING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 78349295327     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2010.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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