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Failure of radiotherapy to resolve fatal lung damage due to paraquat poisoning.

Franzen, D; Baer, F; Heitz, W; Mecking, H; Eidt, S; Käferstein, H; Baldamus, C A; Curtius, J M; Höpp, H W; Wassermann, K.

Chest ; 100(4): 1164-5, 1991 Oct.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1914583

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The most effective treatment of severe paraquat poisoning in man is uncertain. In order to prevent pulmonary fibrosis, we employed radiotherapy of both lungs in a 23-year-old patient with severe paraquat poisoning; however, it failed to prevent the fatal outcome.

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Paraquat/poisoning , Pulmonary Fibrosis/chemically induced , Pulmonary Fibrosis/radiotherapy , Adult , Humans , Lung/drug effects , Male

[Pleural effusion in heart failure]. / Pleuraerguss bei Herzinsuffizienz.

Mecking, H.

Dtsch Med Wochenschr ; 109(23): 927-8, 1984 Jun 08.

Article in German | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-6745102

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Heart Failure/diagnostic imaging , Pleural Effusion , Humans , Male , Radiography

[Autoradiographic studies of DNA synthesis in embryonal cerebrum after single X-irradiation in the late embryonic and fetal stages of the rat]. / Autoradiographische Untersuchungen der DNS-Neubildung in Gehirnanlagen nach einmaliger Röntgenbestrahlung später Embryonal- und Fetalstadien der Ratte.

Wegner, G; Mecking, H.

Z Gesamte Exp Med Einschl Exp Chir ; 149(1): 2-12, 1969 Jan 08.

Article in German | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-5790198

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Brain/embryology , Brain/radiation effects , DNA/biosynthesis , Radiation Effects , Animals , Autoradiography , Brain/cytology , Female , Fetus/radiation effects , Gestational Age , Rats , Tritium

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