Objective: The main problem of total body irradiation (TBI) is how to maintain radiation dose homogeneity throughout the body during a treatment course. The simple set up treatment with non-complicated in vivo dosimetry measurement technique is the ideal method to solve this problem. For this reason, the authors have reported the results of in vivo dosimetry measurement method to prove the reliability of dose distribution from the authors' TBI technique.
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January 1988
To identify the risks and predictors for extraintestinal Salmonella infection (ETI) in infants and children with nontyphoidal Salmonella enteritis, we performed a retrospective review of 326 infants and children with diarrhea and rectal swab cultures positive for nontyphoidal Salmonella enteritis seen at Ramathibodi Hospital between 1981 and 1983. Nineteen patients had bacteremia. The overall rate of bacteremia was 5.
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