Radiation load of kidney transplant recipients caused by radiodiagnostics.
The radiation dose from diagnostic procedures was estimated for 79 kidney transplant recipients. The mean bone marrow does was 4.8 rad, the mean gonad dose for men 16.5 rad, and for women 5.6 rad. A dose of this magnitude has no obvious immunological effect, whereas a canserogenic and a genetic effect must be taken into consideration.
D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006066:Gonads / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000528:radiation effects; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011830:Radiation Effects; D011831:Radiation Genetics; D011859:Radiography