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Can oral glutamine prevent mucositis in children undergoing hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation?

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boxed-textAquino VM et al. (2005) A double-blind randomized placebo-controlled study of oral glutamine in the prevention of mucositis in children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a pediatric blood and marrow transplant consortium study. Bone Marrow Transplant 36: 611–616

Rinsing with glutamine suspensions could reduce mucositis symptoms induced by stem-cell transplant conditioning regimens

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  2. Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

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S Sonis is a consultant to Biomodels, LLC (reimbursement to Brigham and Women's Hospital Physicians' Organization), and is a partner in Mucosal Therapeutics, LLC.

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Sonis, S. Can oral glutamine prevent mucositis in children undergoing hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation?. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 3, 244–245 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncponc0492

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