Assessment of oxidative stress and effect of antioxidant supplementation during radiotherapy in carcinoma of upper digestive tract

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-55

  Gupta, Soma ^a   Singh, K K ^a   Vyas, V J ^a   Chaturvedi, V N ^a   Reddy, M V R ^a   Harinath, B C ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Carcinoma; Radiotherapy; ROS

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349299327     PISSN: 09701915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02873549     Document Type: Article

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