Morphine mouthwashes for painful mucositis [3]

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-116

  Cerchietti, Leandro ^a  

^a Instituto de Oncologia Angel H Roffo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FENTANYL CITRATE; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE;

ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LETTER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MORPHINE; MUCOSITIS; NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33846145081     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0124-8     Document Type: Letter

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