Article
Chromosome fragility and predisposition to childhood malignancies.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Kolialexi A, Mavrou A, Tsenghi C, Tsangaris G T, Dafermou E, Tzortzatou F, Polychronopoulou S, Haidas S, Metaxotou C
Abstract excerpt
In order to clarify the possible connection between autosomal folate sensitive Fragile Sites (FS) and genetic susceptibility to haemopoetic disease in children we investigated the frequency and distribution of FS in the Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes (PBL) of 56 children with newly diagnosed and un...
Topics
- Adult
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Fragile Sites
- Chromosome Fragility
- Chromosome Mapping
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genomic Imprinting
- Humans
- Incidence
- Infant
