The prevalence of herpes simplex virus shedding and infection in the oral cavity of seropositive patients undergoing head and neck radiation therapy

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

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 712-716

  Epstein, Joel B ^a,b,c   Gorsky, Meir ^d   Hancock, Pamela ^a,e   Peters, Nancy ^e,f   Sherlock, C H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f University of British Columbia ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKULL IRRADIATION; STOMATITIS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; STOMATITIS, HERPETIC; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 0036886864     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2002.127585     Document Type: Article

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