Plasma TGFβ level in rats after hemithoracic irradiation

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-43

  Vujaskovic, Zeljko ^a   Down, Julian D ^a   Van Waarde, Maria A W H ^a   Van Assen, Annette J ^a   Szabo, Ben G ^a   Konings, Antonius W T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lung irradiation; Plasma TGF

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THORAX; ANIMAL; BLOOD; LUNG; MALE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; LUNG; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0030612544     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00075-3     Document Type: Article

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