Nitric oxide and antioxidant status in head and neck carcinoma before and after radiotherapy

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-97

  Dahiya, Kiran ^a   Dhankhar, Rakesh ^a   Madaan, Himanshu ^b   Singh, Veena ^a   Arora, Kanchan ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b BPS Government Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Glutathione S transferase; Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; Nitric oxide; Oxidative stress; Radiotherapy; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NITRIC OXIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857730824     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: 15508080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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