Role of low-level laser therapy in neurorehabilitation

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Volumn 2, Issue 12 SUPPL, 2010, Pages

  Hashmi, Javad T ^a,b   Huang, Ying Ying ^a,b,c   Osmani, Bushra Z ^d   Sharma, Sulbha K ^a   Naeser, Margaret A ^e,f   Hamblin, Michael R ^a,b,g  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^e VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BRAIN INJURY; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STROKE;

BRAIN INJURIES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; STROKE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79952277019     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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