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Late Effects of Total-Body Gamma Irradiation on Cardiac Structure and Function in Male Rhesus Macaques.
Radiation research - 1 Jul 2016
DeBo Ryne J, Lees Cynthia J, Dugan Greg O, Caudell David L, Michalson Kris T, Hanbury David B, Kavanagh Kylie, Cline J Mark, Register Thomas C
Abstract excerpt
Heart disease is an increasingly recognized, serious late effect of radiation exposure, most notably among breast cancer and Hodgkin's disease survivors, as well as the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the late effects of total-body irradiation (TBI) on cardiac morphology, function and selected circulating biomarkers in a well-established nonhuman primate...
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