Early assessment of damage due to phosgene exposure

8 h after exposure to phosgene (58 yr old male), and (C) the lung shown in (B), two days after intensive therapy, showing complete normalization [520a]. 

Batigelli et al. [139] explored the possibility of using the synthesis rate of tritiated thymidine-labelled DNA as a measure of cellular reaction to injury. However, the technique would appear to offer little advantage over other methods as results indicate that the response is coincident with histological abnormalities. 

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