A double blind randomised placebo controlled study of propolis (bee glue) effectiveness in the treatment of severe oral mucositis in chemotherapy treated children

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 306-312

  Tomazevic T ^a   Jazbec, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy; Children; Mucositis; Propolis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; PROPOLIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EVENING DOSAGE; HUMAN; MORNING DOSAGE; MOUTH MUCOSA; ORAL MUCOSITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FEMALE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; STOMATITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PLACEBOS; PROPOLIS; STOMATITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880622499     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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