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Cisplatin ototoxicity and protection: clinical and experimental studies.
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine - 1 Nov 2009
Rybak Leonard P, Mukherjea Debashree, Jajoo Sarvesh, Ramkumar Vickram
Abstract excerpt
Cisplatin is a chemotherapeutic agent that is widely used to treat a variety of malignant tumors. Serious dose-limiting side effects like ototoxicity, nephrotoxicity and neurotoxicity occur with the use of this agent. This review summarizes recent important clinical and experimental investigations of cisplatin ototoxicity. It also discusses the utility of protective agents employed in patients and in experimental...
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