Strategies in Management of Oral Mucositis
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Strategies in Management of Oral Mucositis
Oral mucositis is a clinically important and sometimes dose-limiting complication of Cancer Therapy. Mucositis lesions are painful, affect nutrition, quality of life and often hampers continuity of the treatment modality. The pathogenesis of oral mucositis is multifactorial and complex. This is a review paper which discusses various aspects a clinician should know in management of mucositis.
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Head and Neck Surgery
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0975-7899,0976-0539
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10001-1012