The assessment of in vivo somatic mutations in survivors of childhood malignancy.

doi:10.1038/bjc.1992.232

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The assessment of in vivo somatic mutations in survivors of childhood malignancy.

British journal of cancer - 1 Jul 1992

Hewitt M, Mott M G

Abstract excerpt

The assessment of chromosomal mutations in children may provide information about aetiology and risk of second malignancies. A somatic cell mutation assay which determines variant erythrocytes lacking expression of an allelic form of the sialoglycoprotein, glycophorin A, was applied to samples fr...

Topics

Adolescent
Analysis of Variance
Antineoplastic Agents
Child
Child, Preschool
Erythrocytes
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
MNSs Blood-Group System
Mutation
Neoplasms
Radiotherapy
Risk Factors
Time Factors

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