Because toxicity with the use of 3,000 centiGray (cGy ) of total lymphoid irradiation (TLI) was observed in an earlier study, 2,000-cGy treatments were delivered in a 2-portal format to 7 patients and in a modified 3portal fashion to 6 patients, as part of a randomized, investigator-blinded trial of
Total lymphoid irradiation for psoriatic arthritis: case report
✍ Scribed by Hasan Yazici; Nijad Bilge; MüNir Kinay
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 193 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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