Open AccessA Randomized Placebo- Controlled Double Blind Clinical Trial of Quercetin in the Prevention and Treatment of Chemotherapy-Induced Oral Mucositis
Author(s) -
Mohammad Mahdi Kooshyar,
Pegah Mosannen Mozafari,
Maryam Amirchaghmaghi,
Atessa Pakfetrat,
Parisa Karoos,
Mahdokht Rashed Mohasel,
H. Orafai,
Amir Abbas Azarian
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/23975.9571
Subject(s) - mucositis , medicine , chemotherapy , placebo , incidence (geometry) , randomized controlled trial , surgery , complication , group b , gastroenterology , pathology , physics , alternative medicine , optics
Oral Mucositis (OM) is a serious complication of chemotherapy that results in painful debilitating inflammation that sometimes ends in interruption of treatment.