Selenium as radioprotector in head and neck cancer patients - First clinical results

Trace Elements and Electrolytes

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 178-180

  Buntzel J ^a,b   Glatzel, M ^a   Kisters, K ^a   Mucke R ^a   Bruns, F ^a   Schonekaes K ^a   Micke, O ^a  

^a AKTE   (Germany)

^b Südharzkrankenhaus Nordhausen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Neck cancer patients; Radioprotector; Selenium

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; SODIUM SELENITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION PROTECTION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 33745745620     PISSN: 09462104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/tep23178     Document Type: Article

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