Published June 1975
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Journal article
Total unilateral renal destruction caused by irradiation for Hodgkin's disease
Description
Total unilateral renal destruction has been observed in a patient who previously received irradiation for Hodgkin's disease. The clinical features, after a six-year asymptomatic interval, included recurrent calculi and infection in what was subsequently demonstrated radiographically to be a nonfunctioning kidney. The gross and microscopic characteristics of the nephrectomy specimen have been described and correlated with the magnitude of irradiation and the clinical course
Additional details
Additional titles
- Augmented title (English)
- Gamma radiation
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Urology
- Journal Volume
- 5
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Series
- Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.).
- Journal Page Range
- 790-793
- ISSN
- 0090-4295
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 9352046
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; GAMMA RADIATION; HODGKINS DISEASE; KIDNEYS; RADIOTHERAPY; SIDE EFFECTS
- Descriptors DEC
- BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BODY; DISEASES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LYMPHOMAS; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; ORGANS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS; THERAPY
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