Intercapillary glomerulosclerosis in survivors of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki (in Japanese)
Subjects investigated were survivors of the nuclear explosions in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, who were selected from vital statistics conducted during 1950 to 1953. Ninety-five percent of those survivors were personally interviewed, and their exposure doses were estimated considering their circumstances at the time of the atomic explosion. Pathological changes in glomoruli were exarnined with the hematoxylin eosin dye method of the kidney tissues obtained by biopsy during 1961 to 1965 from those exposed to more than 100 rads and those who were under 6 years old at the time of the explosion and died during 1961 to 1965 and from the control group. Among those who were exposed as a child to high radiation doses and died before 30 years of age, the occurrence rate of glomemlosclerosis was high particularly among those who received higher exposure doses. It is suggested that some correlation exists between glomerulosclerosis and age factors such as death age and survival time; however, no correlation was found from this study. In the group who were exposed to more than 100 rads and who were more than 70 years old at the - time of biopsy, no correlation was found between glomerulosclerosis and radiation exposure dose. In the patients with glomemlosclerosis, complications with diabetes mellitus and leukemia were found frequently, while complications with vascular diseases were found less frequently. (JA)
- Research Organization:
- Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Hiroshima
- NSA Number:
- NSA-29-010411
- OSTI ID:
- 4409897
- Journal Information:
- Hiroshima Igaku, v. 25, no. 12, pp. 1512-1520, Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-74; Bib. Info. Source: JA (JA)
- Country of Publication:
- Japan
- Language:
- Japanese
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