Saul Hertz, MD, and the birth of radionuclide therapy
Abstract The year, 2016, marked the 75th anniversary of Dr. Saul Hertz first using radioiodine to treat a patient with thyroid disease. In November of 1936, a luncheon was held of the faculty of Harvard Medical School where Karl Compton, PhD, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology wa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2017-04-01
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| Series: | EJNMMI Physics |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40658-017-0182-7 |