Pentoxifylline and local honey for radiation-induced burn following breast conservative surgery

Current Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 251-256

  Shoma, Ashraf ^a   Eldars, Waleed ^a   Noman, Nashat ^a   Saad, Mohamed ^a   Elzahaf, Eman ^a   Abdalla, Maha ^a   Eldin, Doaa Sharaf ^a   Zayed, Dalia ^a   Shalaby, Amany ^a   Malek, Hala Abdel ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Honey; Pentoxifylline; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

PENTOXIFYLLINE; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HONEY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HONEY; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 79952276537     PISSN: 15748847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488410793352021     Document Type: Article

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