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Review
. 1991 Oct-Dec;6(4):581-96.

Medical response to nuclear and radiation accidents

R P Gale  1 , A Butturini
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  • PMID: 1962247
Review

Medical response to nuclear and radiation accidents

R P Gale et al. 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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