Assessment of post-radiotherapy salivary glands

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1001, 2011, Pages 393-402

  Cheng, S C H ^a   Wu, V W C ^a   Kwong, D L W ^b   Ying, Michael ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTID GLAND; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND; SALIVARY GLAND SCINTISCANNING; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; XEROSTOMIA;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION INJURIES; SALIVARY GLANDS; SALIVATION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 79955084622     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/66754762     Document Type: Review

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