Radiobiology of the acute radiation syndrome

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 123-130

  Macià i Garau, Miquel ^a   Lucas Calduch, Anna ^a   López, Enric Casanovas ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DURAN I REYNALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute radiation syndrome; Gastrointestinal syndrome; Hematopoietic syndrome; Neurovascular syndrome; Radiation induced multi organ failure; Radiation induced multi organ involvement; Radiobiology

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME; ANOREXIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIARRHEA; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; REVIEW; TARGET CELL; VOMITING;

EID: 79960638012     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2011.06.001     Document Type: Review

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