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Biomarkers in long survivors of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients: late effects of cancer chemotherapy.
Mutation research - 3 Dec 1998
Koishi S, Kubota M, Sawada M, Hirota H, Hashimoto H, Lin Y W, Watanabe K, Usami I, Akiyama Y, Furusho K
Abstract excerpt
In order to elucidate the late effects of cancer chemotherapy, mutant frequencies (Mfs) at the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase (hprt) locus were evaluated in pediatric patients with early pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Hprt-Mfs were measured at least 2 years after completion of chemotherapy. Ten out of 15 patients were found to have hprt-Mfs exceeding the 99% confidence limits as calculated...
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