Melatonin in mast cells and tumor radiosensitivity

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-170

  Kvetnoy, Igor M ^a   Yuzhakov, Vadim V ^a   Sandvik, Arne K ^b   Waldum, Helge L ^b  

^a MEDICAL RADIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; KETOTIFEN; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL HYPOXIA; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MAST CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL HYPOXIA; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; KETOTIFEN; MAST CELLS; MELATONIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0031115487     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1997.tb00319.x     Document Type: Article

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