Radiotherapy for Pertussis: An Historical Assessment
X-ray therapy was used to treat pertussis/whooping cough during a 13-year period from 1923 to 1936 in North America and Europe. Twenty studies from clinicians in the United States reported that approximately 1500 cases of pertussis were treated by X-ray therapy usually with less than 0.5 erythema do...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Dose-Response |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1559325817704760 |