In November 2006, Litvinenko died in London of acute radiation syndrome, three weeks after being poisoned with polonium-210 . ( See Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko ).
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10.2014 " Severe acute radiation syndrome : treatment of a lethally 60Co-source irradiated accident victim in China with HLA-mismatched peripheral blood stem cell transplantation and mesenchymal stem cells"
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Treatment of acute radiation syndrome is generally supportive with blood transfusions and antibiotics, with some more aggressive treatments, such as bone marrow transfusions, being required in extreme cases.
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His death on March 31, 1932, was attributed to " radiation poisoning " using the terminology of the time, but it was due to cancers, not acute radiation syndrome.
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Equivalent doses would not be reported in roentgen; they would be calculated with different weighting factors, and they are not considered as relevant to acute radiation syndrome as absorbed doses.
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Her death on August 24, 1945 was the first death ever to be officially certified as a result of acute radiation syndrome ( or " Atomic bomb disease " ).
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Ingestion of radioactive materials caused many radiation-induced cancers in the 1930s, but no one was exposed to high enough doses at high enough rates to bring on acute radiation syndrome.
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The 23 crewmembers of the Japanese fishing vessel " Daigo Fukuryk Maru " ( " Lucky Dragon No . 5 " ) were also contaminated by fallout, experiencing acute radiation syndrome.
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There have been only 25 cases of acute radiation syndrome in the U . S . in the last 50 years, said Dr . Robert Ricks, of the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center-Training Site.
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The Chernobyl accident dominates the Energy accidents sub-category, of most disastrous 29 firemen and employees died in the days-to-months afterward from acute radiation syndrome, with the potential for long-term cancers still being investigated.
