title: Dose dependent latency of fatal gastrointestinal and bone marrow syndromes.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, UCLA 90024-1714.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Withers
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: 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