Oral mucositis in myelosuppressive cancer therapy

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-276

  Epstein, Joel B ^a,b   Schubert, Mark M ^a  

^a Dentistry Department   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKULL IRRADIATION; STOMATITIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEOPLASMS; STOMATITIS; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING;

EID: 0033194981     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1079-2104(99)70026-0     Document Type: Article

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