Amifostine before fractionated irradiation protects bone growth in rats better than fractionation alone

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 479-483

  Damron, Timothy A ^a   Margulies, Bryan ^a   Biskup, Darius ^a   Spadaro, Joseph A ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; FRACTIONATION; IRRADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

LIMB GROWTH LOSS;

ONCOLOGY;

AMIFOSTINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GROWTH PLATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RAT;

AMIFOSTINE; ANIMALS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMUR; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIBIA;

EID: 0035370688     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01532-2     Document Type: Article

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