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Title:
RECOVERY OF MALE FERTILITY AFTER STERILIZATION BY NUCLEAR RADIATION ( JAMA, VOL. 187, NO. 9, 02-29-64 )
Author(s):
HOTCHKISS, R S [JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION]; MACLEOD, J [JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION]; SITTERSON, B W [JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION]
Subject Terms:
HREX
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Publication Date:
1964 Feb 29
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0005
Accession Number:
NV0704465
Originating Research Org.:
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
THIS STUDY WAS PLANNED TO INVESTIGATE THE POTENTIAL FERTILITY IN TERMS OF SEMEN QUALITY OF EIGHT PATIENTS 3 1/2 YEARS AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED ACCIDENTALLY TO IONIZING RADIATION OF NUCLEAR ORIGIN. IT HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT AT LEAST FIVE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED SUFFICIENT TOTAL-BODY RADIATION TO PRODUCE SYMPTOMS OF ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME AND THAT AT LEAST FIVE HAD BEEN FOUND TO BE VIRTUALLY STERILE WITHIN FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE ACCIDENT. AS DETERMINED AT INTERVALS BY SEMEN QUALITY, A VIRTUALLY STERILE STATE WAS MAINTAINED FOR AT LEAST 21 MONTHS. DISTURBANCES IN MORPHOLOGY OF THE FEW SPERMATOZOA PRESENT IN EJACULATE WERE OBSERVED DURING THIS TIME. A REASONABLE TO GOOD LEVEL OF POTENTIAL FERTILITY WAS ATTAINED AT 41 MONTHS AFTER EXPOSURE.