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Radioprotective effects of cyproterone acetate

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The pretreatment of irradiated mice by cyproterone acetate had a better radioprotective effect in comparison with orchidectomy, although the weight of the thymus was lower in the cyproterone acetate group. The radioprotective mechanisms involved in both cases were discussed.

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  1. Laboratory for Endocrinology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, 128 21, Prague, Czechoslovakia

    J. Ševčík, J. Wilhelm & J. Šonka

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  1. J. Ševčík
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Acknowledgment. We are indebted to Dr Sastre from Schering AG, Berlin, for the generous supply of cyproterone and cyproterone acetate.

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Ševčík, J., Wilhelm, J. & Šonka, J. Radioprotective effects of cyproterone acetate. Experientia 33, 1534–1535 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01918856

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