Treatment of persistent idiopathic facial pain (PIFP) with a low-level energy diode laser

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 707-710

  Yang, Hui Wen ^a,b   Huang, Yu Feng ^a,b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PAIN; AFTER-TREATMENT; ENERGY DENSITY; MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES; THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY; VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE;

DIODES; HEALTH; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053623976     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2011.3030     Document Type: Article

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