A positive correlation between T-cell-receptor mutant frequencies and dicentric chromosome frequencies in lymphocytes from radiotherapy patients.

doi:10.1269/jrr.35.92

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A positive correlation between T-cell-receptor mutant frequencies and dicentric chromosome frequencies in lymphocytes from radiotherapy patients.

Journal of radiation research - 1 Jun 1994

Iwamoto K S, Hirai Y, Umeki S, Kusunoki Y, Kyoizumi S, Kodama T, Ohama K, Nakamura N, Akiyama M

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Dose estimates for the assessment of future risks, following accidental exposure to radiation, for certain diseases such as cancer usually rely on both physical and biological quantitative analyses. A traditional biological method of choice is the measurement of chromosome aberration frequencies...

Topics

Chromosome Aberrations
Female
Flow Cytometry
Humans
Lymphocytes
Micronucleus Tests
Mutation
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
Uterine Neoplasms

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