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Another family that was strongly affected by
.. His wife,
.. two daughters, and two sons had thyroid
tumors removed. One daughter suffered injury
to the parathyroid gland during surgery, requiring special treatment along with thyroid treat-
. the fallout was that of
mentfor a lifetime.
. later developed a
brain tumor (pituitary) possibly related to radiation exposure, which was successfully treated.
_ was a school teacher on
Rongelap at the time of the fallout. He and his
wife,
, hada one-year-old son and she
was about four months pregnantat that time.
Their son,
, suffered severe thyroid injury
and was one of the two boys who developed
marked signs of thyroid deficiency with growth
retardation. The response of these retarded
children to thyroid treatment, with recovery of
growth, was one of the most gratifying results of
our treatment program. Another son,
who was exposed in utero, later developed a thy-
roid tumor which had to be removed. His tumor
may have been partly caused from radioiodines
absorbed by his motherfrom thefallout.
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