Vitamin E for preventing chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 725-726

  Argyriou, Andreas A ^a,b   Kalofonos, Haralabos P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROPROTECTION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; VITAMIN E;

EID: 79958200545     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1090-3     Document Type: Letter

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