Effect of prophylactic low level laser therapy on oral mucositis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Oberoi, Sapna ^a   Zamperlini Netto, Gabriele ^a   Beyene, Joseph ^a,b   Treister, Nathaniel S ^c   Sung, Lillian ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; ORAL MUCOSITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECIPIENT; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; PROCEDURES; STOMATITIS;

HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LOW-LEVEL LIGHT THERAPY; STOMATITIS;

EID: 84910617272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107418     Document Type: Article

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