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IRRADIATION of erythrocytes with X-rays in vitro causes hæmolysis. The dose of X-rays required to obtain complete hæmolysis is influenced by the concentration of the erythrocyte suspension and by the medium. A state of resistance to hæmolysis results when a dose of two million r. is given to an erythrocyte concentration of 0·1 per cent or less in normal saline1. The question arises, whether these erythrooytes are resistant to other hæmolysins or only to the X-rays producing this stable state.
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Halberstaedter, L., and Goldhaber, G., Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., December 1943.
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HALBERSTAEDTER, L. Effects of X-Rays on Erythrocytes Irradiated in vitro. Nature 153, 683 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153683a0
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