Article
Cytogenetic and molecular changes in leukemia found among atomic bomb survivors.
Journal of radiation research - 1 Mar 1991
Kamada N
Abstract excerpt
Seventy five radiation-related leukemias (acute non-lymphocyte) in Hiroshima including 16 patients exposed to more than one Gray were cytogenetically examined. Statistical analysis of the data on the frequencies of chromosomal aberrations in survivors according to the bone marrow doses of DS86 estimation revealed that heavily exposed patients tended to have significantly higher aberration rates as compared with...
Topics
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Humans
- Japan
- Leukemia, Radiation-Induced
- Mutation
- Nuclear Warfare
- Radiation Genetics
- Survival
