Re: Transplant organ vs. ionizing radiation question

["Gibbs, S Julian" <s.julian.gibbs@vanderbilt.edu>]

I am not aware of any studies dealing with effects of 
radiation in organ transplant recipients.  There are not 
enough recipients to produce reliable statistics.  
Radiation effects from small doses are stochastic, with 
very low probabilities of positive effects (the proverbial 
one in a million).

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