Laser therapy for venous leg ulcers

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Flemming, Kate ^a   Cullum, Nicky ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRACTED ARTICLE; REVIEW; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LEG ULCER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; THERAPEUTIC USE;

HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; LASER THERAPY; LEG ULCER;

EID: 85041805130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001182.pub2     Document Type: Review

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