2019-01-01
Histological long-term effects in relevant tissues after 131I contamination of two Wistar rat models
2019-01-01 • Meriem Mezaguer-Lekouaghet, A. Badreddine, Saâdia Mameri, Maâmar Souidi, Ahcène Baz, Z. Lounis-Mokrani
Procedures using iodine-131 ( 131 I) represent about 90% of all therapies in nuclear medicine [1, 2]. It is important to evaluate the long-term biological effects of 131 I treatment on non-target organs in order to improve the patient radioprotection. The aim of this work is to use an experimental animal model to contribute to the understanding of some biological effects induced by 131 I contamination, and especially histological effects. Two models of Wistar rats with (Tr+) and without thyroid (Tr-) were orally c…