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  • Title: [Intravenous laser irradiation of the blood in occlusive vascular diseases of the extremities].
    Author: Shval'b PG, Zakharchenko AIa, Sigaev AA, Kataev MI.
    Journal: Sov Med; 1990; (3):21-3. PubMed ID: 2367895.
    Abstract:
    The authors analyze the results of clinical application of intravenous He-Ne laser irradiation of the blood in patients with obliterating diseases of the limb vessels. Starting from 1984, this method was employed in the treatment of 133 patients, of these 102 ones with atherosclerosis obliterans of the lower limb vessels, 17 with endarteritis obliterans, and 14 with Raynaud's syndrome. Intravenous laser therapy proved to the most effective in atherosclerotic involvement of the vessels, when positive result was achieved in 77.5 percent of patients. The length of remission was up to 6 months. the method of treatment is described.
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