Effect of helium-neon laser irradiation on serum lipid peroxide concentrations in burnt mice.
The effect of helium-neon irradiation on serum lipid peroxide concentrations in mice following 6-7% body surface area burns was investigated in a controlled study. Immediately following injury by an 8-sec 100 degrees C scalding, 25 mice were irradiated by a helium-neon laser at 0.05 J/cm2. A control group of the same size underwent identical treatment but received only sham irradiation. Serum lipid peroxide concentrations increased markedly in the control group at 0.5-4 h (P less than 0.0001, two sample t-test). In the laser treated group, the lipid peroxide concentrations remained relatively constant and were significantly depressed relative to the control group 4 h following burning (P less than 0.0001, two-sample t-test).
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Clinical Laser Laboratory, Xingqiao Hospital, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
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Wang
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Wu
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Fu
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D000818:Animals; D002056:Burns / Q000097:blood / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000097:blood / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000097:blood / Q000528:radiation effects; D051379:Mice; D011897:Random Allocation; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000528:radiation effects
D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D008315:Malondialdehyde