laboratory animals that is preceded by hyper-excitability, ataxia,
respiratory distress,
and intermittent stupor.
this syndrome are uniformly fatal.
This syndrome has been observed in a
few casualties described by Hubner et al. (2),
were
to survive the CNS syndrome,
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this syndrome are uniformly fatal.
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The GIS, when produced by doses in excess of 1500 rad, will be fatal
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within 3-9 days in laboratory animals and probably this also applies to
human beings.
variations.
The range in survival results from species and strain
.
It is named the GIS syndrome because of the marked nausea,
vomiting, diarrhea, and denudation of the small bowel mucosa.
The severe’
and persistent GIS is a uniformly fatal syndrome in most laboratory
animals,
It was observed in Japan and described by Oughtersen and Warren
(1), and in some accidents by Hubner et al. (2).
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and plasma.
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life by intensive administration of intravenous
fluids
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Nagasaki,
The Hemopoietic Syndrome
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seen in the lethal range for all mammals including man.
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