Oral glutamine in the prevention of chemotherapy-induced gastrointestinal toxicity

European Journal of Cancer Part B: Oral Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 319-320

  Muscaritoli, M ^a   Micozzi, A ^a   Conversano, L ^a   Martino, P ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GLUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; ILEUS; LETTER; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030933782     PISSN: 09641955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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