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Pathomorphology of rat lungs during the postirradiation period

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Electron microscopy of rat lungs 14 and 30 days after total γ-irradiation in a dose of 2 Gy reveals severe damage to type II pneumocytes and lamellar bodies. These changes coincide with postirradiation pneumonitis and the initial manifestations of focal pneumofibrosis.

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  1. Vladivostok Affiliate of the Institute of Respiratory Physiology and Pathology, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, USSR

    M. V. Palagina, L. M. Isachkova & N. G. Plekhova

  2. Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Vladivostok

    M. V. Palagina, L. M. Isachkova & N. G. Plekhova

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  1. M. V. Palagina
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  2. L. M. Isachkova
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Translated fromByulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 123, No. 2, pp. 233–237, February, 1997

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Palagina, M.V., Isachkova, L.M. & Plekhova, N.G. Pathomorphology of rat lungs during the postirradiation period. Bull Exp Biol Med 123, 203–206 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02766452

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