NASA light-emitting diodes for the prevention of oral mucositis in pediatric bone marrow transplant patients

Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 319-324

  Whelan, Harry T ^a   Connelly, James F ^a   Hodgson, Brian D ^b   Barbeau, Lori ^b   Post, A Charles ^b   Bullard, George ^b   Buchmann, Ellen V ^a   Kane, Mary ^a   Whelan, Noel T ^a   Warwick, Ann ^a   Margolis, David ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CHEMOTHERAPY; DIODES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT EMISSION; RADIOTHERAPY; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

POSTOPERATIVE TREATMENT;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

BUSULFAN; CARBOPLATIN; CARMUSTINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; MELPHALAN; MYELOABLATIVE AGENT; THIOTEPA; TOPOTECAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENTISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RATING SCALE; SORE THROAT; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0036899287     PISSN: 10445471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/104454702320901107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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