Techniques for making spacers in interstitial brachytherapy for tongue cancer

International Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-98

  Tamamoto, Mitsuhiro ^a,b   Fujita, Minoru ^a,b   Yamamoto, Takaharu ^a,b   Hamada, Taizo ^a,b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Prosthetic Dentistry ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN;

ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; BRACHYTHERAPY; DENTURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JAW DISEASE; MOUTH PROTECTOR; RADIATION PROTECTION; TONGUE TUMOR;

ACRYLIC RESINS; BRACHYTHERAPY; DENTURE, COMPLETE, LOWER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; MOUTH PROTECTORS; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; RADIATION PROTECTION; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029685958     PISSN: 08932174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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