Therapeutic antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of laser acupuncture on patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 490-497

  Attia, Atef M M ^a   Ibrahim, Fatma A A ^a   Abd El Latif, Noha A ^a   Aziz, Samir W ^a   Elwan, Azhar M ^a   Abdel Aziz, Abdel Aziz A ^a   Elgendy, Aliaa ^a   Elgengehy, Fatema T ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

antioxidants; ATP; disease activity; inflammation; laser acupuncture; oxidative stress; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT EFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAS28 SCORE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DISEASE MARKER; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; LASER ACUPUNCTURE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84976511226     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.22487     Document Type: Article

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