Review
Medical response to nuclear and radiation accidents
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Review
Medical response to nuclear and radiation accidents
Occup Med.
1991 Oct-Dec.
Abstract
The authors discuss the several strategies for treating bone marrow suppression caused by exposure to acute high-dose total body radiation. Supportive measures prevent death from infection and/or bleeding and thereby permit autologous bone marrow recovery. Another approach stimulates bone marrow recovery using molecularly cloned hematopoietic growth factors. A third approach replaces the damaged bone marrow via a transplant, either permanently or temporarily.
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