Topical betamethasone for prevention of radiation dermatitis

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-

  Omidvari, Shapour ^a   Saboori, Hojjatollah ^a   Mohammadianpanah, Mohammad ^a   Mosalaei, Ahmad ^a   Ahmadloo, Niloofar ^a   Mosleh Shirazi, Mohammad Amin ^a   Jowkar, Farideh ^a   Namaz, Soha ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chest wall irradiation; Corticosteroids; Radiation dermatitis

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOPICAL TREATMENT;

EID: 34250364909     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.32755     Document Type: Article

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