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Instability of microsatellites in radiation-associated thyroid tumours with short latency periods.
International journal of radiation biology - 1 Aug 2001
Lohrer H D, Braselmann H, Richter H E, Jackl G, Herbeck J, Hieber L, Kellerer A M, Bauchinger M
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To determine the instability of microsatellite sequences in post-Chernobyl thyroid tumours from children and young adults, and to ascertain whether they correlated with the age of the patient at the time of the accident and the tumour latency period. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The stability of 26 microsatellite markers was investigated in 122 radiation-associated thyroid tumours (96 children, 26 adults) from...
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