Efficacy of topical phenytoin on chemotherapy- induced oral mucositis; a pilot study

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Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-50

  Baharvand, M ^a   Sarrafi, M ^b   Alavi, K ^c   Jalali Moghaddam, E ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Naft Hospital   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Mucositis; Phenytoin

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH PAIN; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77949703857     PISSN: 15608115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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