Effect of Helium-Neon Laser on Cultured Human Macrophages

Laser Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 159-164

  Hemvani, Nanda ^a   Chitnis, Dhananjay Sadashiv ^a   Bhagwanani, Nijram Satramdas ^b  

^a Department of Microbiology and Immunology ^*  (India)

^b CHOITHRAM HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

cytokines; GM CSF; HeNe LLLT; macrophage cells; TNF ; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017397227     PISSN: 08985901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5978/islsm.10.159     Document Type: Article

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