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Hartel M, Illing P, Mercer JB, Lademann J, Daeschlein G,
Hoffmann G.:

Therapy of acute wounds with water-filtered
infrared-A (wIRA). Review Article. GMS Krankenhaushyg.
Interdiszip. 2007; 2 (2): Doc53.
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Hoffmann G.:
Principles and working mechanisms of water-filtered
infrared-A (wIRA) in relation to wound healing. Review
Article. GMS Krankenhaushyg Interdiszip 2007;2(2):Doc54. 
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Gebbers N, Hirt-Burri N, Scaletta C, Hoffmann G,
Applegate LA.:

Water-filtered infrared-A radiation (wIRA) is not implicated
in cellular degeneration of human skin.
GMS Ger Med Sci. 2007;5:Doc08.
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Voss P, Hajimiragha H, Engels M, Ruhwiedel C, Calles C,
Schroeder P, Grune T.:

Irradiation of GAPDH: a model for environmentally
induced protein damage. Biol Chem. 2007; 388(6): 583-92.
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Hartel M, Hoffmann G, Wente MN, Martignoni ME, Büchler MW,
Friess H.:
Randomized clinical trial of the influence of local
water-filtered infrared A irradiation on wound healing
after abdominal surgery. Br J Surg. 93(8):952-60. DOI:
10.1002/bjs.5429; 2006. 
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Möckel F, Hoffmann G, Obermüller R, Drobnik W,
Schmitz G.:

Influence of water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA) on reduction
of local fat and body weight by physical exercise. GMS
Ger Med Sci. 2006;4:Doc05. 
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Frank S, Menezes S, Lebreton-De Coster C,
Oster M, Dubertret L, Coulomb B.:

Infrared radiation induces the p53 signaling pathway:
role in infrared prevention of ultraviolet B toxicity. Exp
Dermatol. 2006;15(2):130-7.
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Mercer, J B, de Weerd L.:
The effect of water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA)
irradiation on skin temperature and skin blood flow
as evaluated by infrared thermography and scanning
laser Doppler imaging. Thermology international 2005;
15: 89-94.
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Fuchs M, Fluhr JW, Bankova L, Tittelbach J,
Hoffmann G, Elsner P.:

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) and waterfiltered
infrared A (wIRA) in patients with recalcitrant common
hand and foot warts. German Medical Science Vol. 2,
Doc08, 2004.
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Burri N., Gebbers N., and Applegate L.A.:
Chronic infrared-A radiation repair: Implications
in cellular senescence and extracellular matrix. In:
Pandalai SG, ed. Recent Research Developments in
Photochemistry & Photobiology, vol. 7. Trivandrum:
Transworld Research Network; 2004. p. 219-31.
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Bräuer A, Weyland W, Kazmaier S, Trostdorf U.,
Textor Z, Hellige G, Braun U.:

Efficacy of Postoperative Rewarming after Cardiac
Surgery. In: Ann. Thorc. Cardiovasc Surg. Vol. 10
No. 3, 171-177, 2004.
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Kelleher DK, Bastian J, Thews O, Vaupel P.:
Enhanced effects of aminolaevulinic acid-based
photodynamic therapy through local hyperthermia
in rat tumours. British Journal of Cancer 89: 405-411, 2003.
   
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Danno K, Mori N, Toda K, Kobayashi T,
Utani A.:
Near-infrared irradiation stimulates cutaneous
wound repair: laboratory experiments on possible
mechanisms. Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed.
2001;17(6):261-5.
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Applegate LA, Scaletta C, Panizzon R, Frenk E,
Hohlfeld P, Schwarzkopf St.:
Induction of the putative protective protein ferritin
by infrared radiation: Implications in skin repair.
International Journal of Molecular Medicine 5: 247-251, 2000. 
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Menezes S, Coulomb B, Lebreton C,
Dubertret L.:
Non-coherent near infrared radiation protects
normal human dermal fibroblasts from solar
ultraviolet toxicity. J Invest Dermatol. 1998;111(4): 629-33.
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von Felbert V, Schumann H, Mercer JB, Strasser W,
Daeschlein G, Hoffmann G.:

Therapy of chronic wounds with water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA).
GMS Krankenhaushyg Interdiszip. 2007;2(2):Doc52.
   

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