Protection from radiation-induced alopecia with topical application of nitroxides: Fractionated studies

Cancer Journal from Scientific American

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 273-278

  Cuscela, Daniel ^a   Coffin, Deborah ^a   Lupton, George P ^b   Cook, John A ^a   Krishna, Murali C ^a   Bonner, Robert F ^c   Mitchell, James B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Fractionated radiation; Nitroxides; Radioprotection; Topical application

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDE; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT; TEMPO; TEMPOL;

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; RADIATION INJURY; SPIN LABELING; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ALOPECIA; ANIMALS; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 0001039237     PISSN: 10814442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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