Somatic mutation detection in human biomonitoring.

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0773.1996.tb00220.x

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Somatic mutation detection in human biomonitoring.

Pharmacology & toxicology - 1 Jun 1996

Olsen L S, Nielsen L R, Nexø B A, Wassermann K

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Somatic cell gene mutation arising in vivo may be considered to be a biomarker for genotoxicity. Assays detecting mutations of the haemoglobin and glycophorin A genes in red blood cells and of the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase and human leucocyte antigenes in T-lymphocytes are av...

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Environmental Monitoring
Humans
Mutagenesis
Mutation

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