Central nervous system tolerance to boron neutron capture therapy with p-boronophenylalanine

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1623-1629

  Morris, G M ^a   Coderre, J A ^b   Micca, P L ^b   Fisher, C D ^b   Capala, J ^c   Hopewell, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Boron neutron capture therapy; Compound biological effectiveness factor; p boronophenylalanine; Rat spinal cord

Indexed keywords

4 BORONOPHENYLALANINE; BORON 10;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN LEVEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLEARANCE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

EID: 0030726058     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.607     Document Type: Article

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