A single dose of an inhibitor of cyclooxygenase 2, meloxicam, administered shortly after irradiation increases survival of lethally irradiated mice

Radiation Research

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 269-272

  Hofer, M ^a   Pospisil M ^a   Dusek L ^b   Hoferova Z ^a   Weiterova L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELOXICAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURVIVAL TIME; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; MALE; MICE; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THIAZINES; THIAZOLES; TIME FACTORS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

MUS;

EID: 79961039608     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: 19385404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2614.1     Document Type: Article

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