The effect of pilocarpine and biperiden on salivary secretion during and after radiotherapy in head and neck cancer patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 373-378

  Rode, Mirela ^a   Šmid, Lojze ^b   Budihna, Marjan ^c   Šoba, Erika ^c   Rode, Matjaž ^d   Gašperšič, Dominik ^a  

^a University Department of Stomatology   (Slovenia)

^b Univ Dept Otorhinolaryngology C   (Slovenia)

^c INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Head and neck; Radiotherapy; Xerostomy

Indexed keywords

BIPERIDEN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PILOCARPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SALIVARY GLAND; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SALIVATION; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; BIPERIDEN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS; PILOCARPINE; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLANDS; SALIVATION;

EID: 0344117518     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00165-0     Document Type: Article

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