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Midplane doses of 4,000 rads were delivered to 8 dogs in four weeks, after which 4 animals were reinfused with stored autologous marrow while the remaining 4 served as controls. Peripheral blood counts, marrow aspirations, and serial 99mTc marrow photoscans did not demonstrate any detectable difference in the two groups.
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