Pentoxifylline in the Treatment of Radiation-related Pelvic Insufficiency Fractures of Bone

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 223-227

  Beşe, Nuran Şenel ^a   Özgüroǧlu, Mustafa ^a   Kamberoǧlu, Kaya ^a   Karahasanoglu, Tayfun ^a   Öber, Ahmet ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bone injury; Insufficiency fractures; Pentoxifylline; Radiation

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; PENTOXIFYLLINE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; BONE MARROW DISEASE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SACRUM; SIDE EFFECT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE AND BONES; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RADIATION INJURIES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0344010505     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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