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Multiple external‐internal resorptions as late effects of Thorium X ( 224 Ra)
Author(s) -
Reichart Peter,
Eckhardt Wolfram,
Reznik Gerd
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1976.tb01757.x
Subject(s) - etiology , thorium , medicine , gastroenterology , nuclear medicine , pathology , materials science , uranium , metallurgy
. Multiple external‐internal resorptions are infrequent and are related to a variety of etiological factors. Thorium X ( 222 Ra) is believed to cause the dental resorptive changes observed in two patients who had received a series of injections each containing 8 to 70 μCi of 222 Ra 25 years previously.