Acute radiation syndrome: An update on biomarkers for radiation injury
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Acute radiation syndrome and chronic radiation syndrome.
Acute radiation syndrome (ARS) or sickness or poisoning or toxicity is induced after a whole body exposure of men to high doses of radiation between 1-12Gy. First symptoms are from the gastrointestinal system, which together with bone marrow are the most sensitive parts of our body. Chronic radiation syndrome (CRS) may be induced by smaller than 1Gy radiation doses or after a mild form of ARS. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Radiation and Cancer Research
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2588-9273
DOI: 10.4103/jrcr.jrcr_26_18