Radiation therapy and late reactions in normal tissues

Journal of JASTRO

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-108

  Aoyama, Takashi ^a   Kuroda, Yasumasa ^b  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Late reactions; Protein kainase C; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 2042474289     PISSN: 10409564     EISSN: 18819885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11182/jastro1989.10.99     Document Type: Article

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