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SINCE radioisotopes became available, many papers have been published concerning their clinical use as well as their potential harmful effects. One of these agents, phosphorus-32, is now occasionally being used in non-malignant conditions ; consequently an effect which may be irrelevant in a cancer patient may become important in a young person who is likely to survive for some years ; for example, the effect on the gonads. Previous knowledge on the subject is somewhat confusing1–5, and no functional test has apparently been carried out so far.
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HOLMBERG, E., PAVLOVSKY, A., DE PASQUALINI, C. et al. Fertility of Mice treated with Phosphorus-32. Nature 187, 876 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/187876a0
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