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A retrospective study of factors associated with the development of oral candidiasis in patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: Is topical steroid therapy a risk factor for oral candidiasis?

The aims of this study were to investigate the incidence and risk factors for oral candidiasis in patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer, and to determine the influence of topical steroid therapy on the development of oral candidiasis. We conducted a retrospective study of 300 pati...

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Autores principales: Kawashita, Yumiko, Funahara, Madoka, Yoshimatsu, Masako, Nakao, Noriko, Soutome, Sakiko, Saito, Toshiyuki, Umeda, Masahiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6221665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30383690
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000013073