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SINCE 1957 in our department, an increasing number of patients—up to now about 1,200—have been treated with high-energy electrons, using a 31-MeV BBC betatron. Some observations which we made during this period, are the same as reported also elsewhere1–4; but at other points we made divergent observations.
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EBERHARD BUCHHEIM, C. Lethal Effects in Tadpoles of Xenopus laevis(Daudin) after Irradiation with High-Energy Electrons. Nature 196, 902–903 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196902a0
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