Dose dependent latency of fatal gastrointestinal and bone marrow syndromes.
Two acutely-responding normal tissues, bone marrow and gastrointestinal epithelium, have been shown to exhibit a biphasic dose-latency response to radiation with both a dose-dependent and dose-independent component for expression of radiation injury.
Mason
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Department of Radiation Oncology, UCLA 90024-1714.
Withers
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Davis
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CA
D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004064:Digestive System / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D008168:Lung / Q000528:radiation effects; D051379:Mice; D011833:Radiation Injuries, Experimental