Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) or radiation toxicity or radiation sickness is caused primarily by radiation-induced depletion of immature parenchymal stem cells in specific tissues. There are three types of classic ARS viz. bone marrow syndrome (Hematopoietic syndrome), gastrointestinal (GI) syndrome, and cardiovascular/central nervous system (CNS) syndrome. Question: Which of the following conditions is NOT required for inducing ARS? Option A. The radiation dose must be high enough to penetrate the internal organs. Option B. The dose usually must be external. Option C.
The radiation dose delivered must be 0.3 Gy (30 rads). Option D. The entire body or a significant proportion of it must be irradiated. Option E. The single dose must have been received by the subject within a short time. Stay tuned. The correct answer will be posted soon. This question is from the Editorial team of…
