Benign Thyroid Adenomas among Persons X-Irradiated in Infancy for Enlarged Thymus Glands
| Autor: | Bernard Pasternack, Philip M. Dvoretsky, Roy E. Shore, Nancy G. Hildreth, Elena Andresen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Radiation endocrine system diseases Adenoma business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Thyroid adenoma Thyroid Biophysics medicine.disease Gastroenterology Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure Internal medicine Relative risk Cohort medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging business Complication Thyroid cancer |
| Zdroj: | Radiation Research. 134:217 |
| ISSN: | 0033-7587 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/3578462 |
| Popis: | Thyroid adenoma incidence in a cohort of 2657 infants given X-ray treatment for a supposedly enlarged thymus gland, along with 4833 unirradiated siblings, has been ascertained for an average of 37 years since irradiation. Estimated thyroid doses ranged from 0.03 to >8 Gy, with 62% receiving |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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