Radiotherapy and wound healing

International Wound Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-44

  Devalia, Haresh L ^a,b   Mansfield, Lucy ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Fibrosis; Radiotherapy; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

CELL DAMAGE; CHRONICITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; MYOFIBROBLAST; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PHYSICS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND; WOUND HEALING;

CYTOKINES; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 40749150651     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2007.00351.x     Document Type: Review

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