Comparison of radiation effects of gadolinium and boron neutron capture reactions

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 81-83

  Tokuuye, Koichi ^a   Tokita, Nobuhiko ^b   Akine, Yasuyuki ^b   Nakayama, Hidetsugu ^a   Sakurai, Yoshinori ^c   Kobayashi, Tooru ^c   Kanda, Keiji ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boron; Gadolinium; Neutron capture therapy

Indexed keywords

BORON 10; GADOLINIUM 157; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HAMSTER; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NONHUMAN; RADIATION RESPONSE;

EID: 0033975990     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00002332     Document Type: Article

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