Prospective study of the long term change of the oral flora after radiation therapy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-296

  Al Nawas, B ^a   Grotz K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caries pathogens; Mucositis; Periodontal pathogens; Radiation caries

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MOUTH FLORA; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTAL EXAMINATION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVA; SAMPLING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STREPTOCOCCUS; TANNERELLA FORSYTHENSIS; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCACEAE;

EID: 32644466685     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0895-3     Document Type: Article

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