Colchicine mouth washings to improve oral mucositis in patients with hematological malignancies: A clinical trial

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-376

  Garavito, André Ávila ^a   Cardona, Andrés Felipe ^b,c   Reveiz, Ludovic M D ^c   Ospina, Edgar ^c   Yepes, Andrés ^b   Ospina, Vannesa ^b  

^a Unidad de Trasplante de Médula Ósea Clínica   (Colombia)

^b Instituto Nacional de Cancerología   (Colombia)

^c Latin American Clinical Trials Register   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Mouthwash; Oral mucositis; Oral ulcers; Stomatitis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; COLCHICINE; MOUTHWASH; PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH ULCER; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COLCHICINE; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTHWASHES; ORAL ULCER; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56349143853     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S147895150800059X     Document Type: Article

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