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MOZDARANI H, J. VESSAL N. CIMETIDINE CAN MODIFY THE EFFECTS OF WHOLE BODY 'Y-IRRADIATION ON LY MPHOHEM ATOPOIETIC SYSTEM. Med J Islam Repub Iran 1993; 7 (2) :95-99
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CIMETIDINE CAN MODIFY THE EFFECTS OF WHOLE BODY 'Y-IRRADIATION ON LY MPHOHEM ATOPOIETIC SYSTEM
HOSSEIN MOZDARANI , NAGHl J. VESSAL
From the School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres University, P.O .Box 14155-4838, Tehran, IslamicRepublic of Iran.
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The hematopoietic syndrome is anticipated when a dose of radiation greater than 100 cGy is received. The resulting clinical situation is life-threatening because of opportunistic infections and gradual decline in immune competency due to irradiation. Because of evidence of a possible immunomodulatory role for cimetidine, an antagonist of histamine H2 receptors, we studied the effects of this drug on radiationinduced lymphohematopoietic changes. The results obtained in this study indicate that cimetidine is effective in the reduction of radiation-induced injuries with a dose reduction factor of greater than 1.5. Therefore, it might be useful as a radioprotector for low doses of radiation usually used for radiation therapy.
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Type of Study: Original Research: Basic Science in Medicine | Subject: Legal Medicine
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