The impact of low power laser in the treatment of conditioning-induced oral mucositis: A report of 11 clinical cases and their review

Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-192

  Antunes, Héliton Spíndola ^a,b   Ferreira, Elza Maria De Sá ^c   De Matos, Valkiria D'Aiuto ^a   Pinheiro, Claudia Tereza ^a   Ferreira, Carlos Gil ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^b Department of Stomatology

^c Inst Ciencias Exatas e da Natureza   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Low power laser therapy; Oral mucositis; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CARMUSTINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HELIUM NEON LASER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; RATING SCALE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMATITIS; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING;

EID: 41849151746     PISSN: 16984447     EISSN: 16986946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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