The RÔle of Laser Therapy in Intensive Pain Management of Postherpetic Neuralgia

Laser Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-148

  Numazawa, Rie ^a   Kemmotsu, Osamu ^a   Otsuka, Hiroshi ^a   Kakehata, Jin ^a   Hashimoto, Toshikazu ^a   Tamagawa, Shingo ^a   Mayumi, Takahisa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

LLLT; pain clinic; postherpetic neuralgia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860001411     PISSN: 08985901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5978/islsm.8.143     Document Type: Article

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