A prospective study of salivary gland function in patients undergoing radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx

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

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-189

  Möller, Peter ^a   Perrier, Michel ^a   Ozsahin, Mahmut ^a   Monnier, Philippe ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER;

ACIDITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PH MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SALIVARY GLAND FUNCTION; SALIVATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

EID: 1242306449     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(03)00473-6     Document Type: Article

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