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Prophylaxis with oral zinc sulfate against radiation-induced oropharyngeal mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer: Protocol for a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

BACKGROUND: Oropharyngeal mucositis is considered to be an inevitable and the most troubling side effect of head and neck irradiation, which is caused by the direct toxic action of radiation on oral mucosa. Several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have investigated the efficacy of zinc sulfate in...

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Autores principales: Shuai, Ting, Yi, Li-Juan, Tian, Xu, Chen, Wei-Qing, Chen, Hui, Li, Xiu-E
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/PMC6283232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30508920
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000013310