Validation of the oral mucositis assessment scale in pediatric cancer

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-153

  Sung, Lillian ^a,c   Tomlinson, George A ^a,b   Greenberg, Mark L ^a,c   Koren, Gideon ^a,c   Judd, Peter ^c   Ota, Sylvia ^a   Feldman, Brian M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mucositis; Oral mucositis assessment scale; Pediatric; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DOXORUBICIN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; ORAL MUCOSITIS ASSESSMENT SCALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STOMATITIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DOXORUBICIN; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GINGIVITIS, NECROTIZING ULCERATIVE; HUMANS; MALE; NARCOTICS; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMATITIS;

EID: 34447277432     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20863     Document Type: Article

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