Erythrocyte as a potential model for study of lifelong somatic mutations.

doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(98)90108-6

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Erythrocyte as a potential model for study of lifelong somatic mutations.

Medical hypotheses - 1 Aug 1998

Gerashchenko B I

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The detection and measurement of somatic cell mutation in vivo is an important subject of research for the assessment of human cancer risk induced by various environmental genotoxic factors. The possible mechanisms which influence the persistence of mutant cells of the hematoimmune system in the...

Topics

Environmental Pollution
Erythrocytes
Humans
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Neoplasms
Risk Factors

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