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Increased frequency of 6-thioguanine-resistant peripheral blood lymphocytes in Werner syndrome patients.
Human genetics - 1 Feb 1990
Fukuchi K, Tanaka K, Kumahara Y, Marumo K, Pride M B, Martin G M, Monnat R J
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of spontaneous 6-thioguanine (TG)-resistant peripheral blood lymphocytes in five unrelated Werner syndrome (WS) patients was determined using an autoradiographic labeling assay. The average frequency of TG-resistant lymphocytes was eightfold higher in WS patients than in sex- and age-matched normal control donors. This finding and previous identification of increased spontaneous chromosomal...
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