Nature 196, 902 - 903 (01 December 1962); doi:10.1038/196902a0

Lethal Effects in Tadpoles of Xenopus laevis(Daudin) after Irradiation with High-Energy Electrons

C. EBERHARD BUCHHEIM^*

Radiological Department, University of Berne.
^*In connexion with a report 1960 in Belgrade, Radiological Institute, Medical Faculty, as an expert for cobalt-60 teletherapy under contract of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna.

SINCE 1957 in our department, an increasing number of patients—up to now about 1,200—have been treated with high-energy electrons, using a 31-MeV BBC betatron. Some observations which we made during this period, are the same as reported also elsewhere^1–4; but at other points we made divergent observations.

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