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What can you do for acute radiation syndrome?
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There are 3 for: Very high dose exposure: CNS - 100% fatal; GI - 100% fatal, bone marrow with whole body doses over 10gy will lead to death without a bone marrow transplant.
Answered 6/10/2014
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