Laser therapy of onychomycosis

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-38

  Nenoff, Pietro ^a   Grunewald, Sonja ^b   Paasch, Uwe ^b  

^a Laboratory for Medical Microbiology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

DERMATOPHYTE; DISEASE COURSE; HEAT; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NAIL; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; REVIEW;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; NAILS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892366561     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: 16100387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddg.12251     Document Type: Review

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