Suppression of Radiation-Induced Salivary Gland Dysfunction by IGF-1

BACKGROUND: Radiation is a primary or secondary therapeutic modality for treatment of head and neck cancer. A common side effect of irradiation to the neck and neck region is xerostomia caused by salivary gland dysfunction. Approximately 40,000 new cases of xerostomia result from radiation treatment...

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Autores principales: Limesand, Kirsten H., Said, Sherif, Anderson, Steven M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2646143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19252741
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004663

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2646143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19252741
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004663

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