Short Caesium Half-times in Patients with Muscular Dystrophy

THE equivalent biological half-time ( T ½ ) is defined as This concept was first applied to the interpretation of 137 Cs metabolism by Miller 1 . If retention can be described by a single exponential, the T ½ of the exponential equals the equivalent T ½ . If the retention function is a sum of expone...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1968-12, Vol.220 (5171), p.1029-1031
Main Authors: LLOYD, RAY D, ZUNDEL, WAYNE S, MAYS, CHARLES W, WAGNER, WILLIAM W, PENDLETON, ROBERT C, AAMODT, ROGER L, TYLER, FRANK H
Format: Article
Language:English
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Adolescent
Adult
Body Height
Body Weight
Cesium - metabolism
Cesium - urine
Cesium Isotopes
Chemistry, Clinical
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
letter
Male
Middle Aged
multidisciplinary
Muscular Dystrophies - metabolism
Myotonia Congenita - metabolism
Potassium - analysis
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Time Factors
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Summary:THE equivalent biological half-time ( T ½ ) is defined as This concept was first applied to the interpretation of 137 Cs metabolism by Miller 1 . If retention can be described by a single exponential, the T ½ of the exponential equals the equivalent T ½ . If the retention function is a sum of exponentials (as is the retention of caesium in mammals 2,3 ) the equivalent T ½ in equilibrium conditions of constant daily intake or following a single intake is the weighted average of the component half-times 4 .
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/2201029a0