Lack of influence of sequence of top-up doses on repair kinetics in rat spinal cord

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-217

  Kim, J John ^a   Hao, Yong ^b   Jang, Douglas ^a   Wong, C Shun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concomitant boost; Radiation myelopathy; Rat spinal cord; Repair kinetics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY REPAIR; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RAT; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; PARALYSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0030909395     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)01928-2     Document Type: Article

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