## Abstract ## Background and Objective In re‐evaluating the effects of laser therapy in wound healing, the role of extracellular matrix elements and myofibroblasts, was analyzed. ## Study Design/Materials and Methods Cutaneous wounds were inflicted on the back of 72 Wistar rats. Low level laser
Influence of low-level laser therapy on wound healing in nicotine-treated animals
✍ Scribed by Valdir Gouveia Garcia; Valmir Campos Macarini; Juliano Milanezi de Almeida; Alvaro Francisco Bosco; Maria José Hitomi Nagata; Tetuo Okamoto; Mariéllen Longo; Letícia Helena Theodoro
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 685 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0268-8921
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