TOXICITY PREVENTION WITH AMIFOSTINE IN PEDIATRIC OSTEOSARCOMA PATIENTS TREATED WITH CISPLATIN AND DOXORUBICIN
✍ Scribed by Gallegos-Castorena, Sergio; Martínez-Avalos, Armando; Mohar-Betancourt, Alejandro; Guerrero-Avendaño, Guadalupe; Zapata-Tarrés, Martha; Medina-Sansón, Aurora
- Book ID
- 125833617
- Publisher
- Informa plc
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0888-0018
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