Alterations in the oral mucosa caused by chemotherapeutic agents. A histologic study.
Histologic changes in the oral mucosa of 120 specimens from 30 patients who had received chemotherapy for a variety of extra-oral malignancies were studied in an attempt to relate the phenomena to pharmacological toxicity of the chemotherapeutic agents and other factors.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001284:Atrophy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000139:chemically induced; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents