X-Ray treatment of carbuncles and furuncles (boils): A historical assessment

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 817-827

  Calabrese, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbuncle; dose response; furuncle; inflammation; radiotherapy; x rays

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CARBUNCLE; DIPHTHERIA; ERYTHEMA; FURUNCULOSIS; HEALING; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY BURST; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE REPAIR;

CARBUNCLE; DOSE-RESPONSE; FURUNCLE; INFLAMMATION; RADIOTHERAPY; X-RAYS;

ANIMALS; FURUNCULOSIS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; X-RAYS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84879752936     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327112467046     Document Type: Article

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