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L-glutamine decreases the severity of mucositis induced by chemoradiotherapy in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

The incidence of severe mucositis in the oral cavity, pharynx and larynx is high among patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) receiving chemoradiotherapy (CRT), resulting in significant pain and impairment of quality of life. The present study investigated whether L-glutamine (glutamine) decreases...

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Autores principales: TSUJIMOTO, TAKAE, YAMAMOTO, YOSHIFUMI, WASA, MASAFUMI, TAKENAKA, YUKINORI, NAKAHARA, SUSUMU, TAKAGI, TASTUYA, TSUGANE, MAMIKO, HAYASHI, NORIYUKI, MAEDA, KAZUHISA, INOHARA, HIDENORI, UEJIMA, ETSUKO, ITO, TOSHINORI
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: D.A. Spandidos 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4254677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25351453
http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/or.2014.3564