Re: Therapeutic X-Ray Dose

[Muckerheide <muckerheide@mediaone.net>]

Berne,

Some dose info on scalp ringworm doses can be found in:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=972927&dopt=Abstract

and:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8407417&dopt=Abstract

(Also, link to"Related articles" on the right - )

Regards, Jim
muckerheide@mediaone.net
Radiation, Science, and Health
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Bernard Haertjens wrote:
> 
> RADSAFERS
> 
> Many years ago (1940s - 1970s) physicians used X-Ray to treat skin
> diseases.  One of those diseases was ringworm.  Another was acne.  I
> have been asked by a Physician what doses of radiation were involved in
> such treatments.  One particular case involves nodules on a woman's
> thyroid.  The woman received three X-Ray treatments for acne  in the
> early 1970s. The Physician has some concern about what the thyroid dose
> was from these treatments.
> 
> With regard to the dose received during the X-Ray treatments for
> ringworm, I have seen a paper on the subject many years ago.  But it is
> one of the few things that I did NOT keep during my career.
> 
> I would appreciate any assistance from RADSAFE.  Not surprisingly, the
> American Academy of Dermatologists would only say that such treatment is
> no longer given.  My email address is b_l_haertjens@att.net
> I look forward to hearing from some of you.
> 
> In advance, thanks for your assistance.
> 
> Berne Haertjens
> SOB Enterprises
> Greensburg, PA
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