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SUBMITTER: Byrum SD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5370149 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Byrum Stephanie D SD Burdine Marie S MS Orr Lisa L Mackintosh Samuel G SG Authier Simon S Pouliot Mylene M Hauer-Jensen Martin M Tackett Alan J AJ
PloS one 20170328 3
Acute radiation syndrome (ARS) is a complex multi-organ disease resulting from total body exposure to high doses of radiation. Individuals can be exposed to total body irradiation (TBI) in a number of ways, including terrorist radiological weapons or nuclear accidents. In order to determine whether an individual has been exposed to high doses of radiation and needs countermeasure treatment, robust biomarkers are needed to estimate radiation exposure from biospecimens such as blood or urine. In o ...[more]