The effect of zinc sulfate in the prevention of high-dose chemotherapy-induced mucositis: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study

Hematological Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-26

  Mansouri, Ava ^a   Hadjibabaie, Molouk ^a   Iravani, Masoud ^b   Shamshiri, Ahmad Reza ^c   Hayatshahi, Alireza ^a   Javadi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Khoee, Seid Hamid ^a   Alimoghaddam, Kamran ^b   Ghavamzadeh, Ardeshir ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

High dose chemotherapy; Mucositis; Zinc sulfate

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; ZINC SULFATE;

ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED ORAL MUCOSITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOSITIS; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; VIDARABINE; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 84858150708     PISSN: 02780232     EISSN: 10991069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hon.999     Document Type: Article

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