Article
Gender-specific frequency of background somatic mutations at the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase locus in cord blood T lymphocytes from preterm newborns.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 19 Jan 1999
Yoshioka M, Vacek P M, Poseno T, Silver R, Finette B A
Abstract excerpt
Limited information is available regarding the frequency, spectrum, and clinical relevance of somatic mutations in the developing fetus. The goal of this study was to determine somatic mutant frequencies (Mfs) at the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) reporter gene in cord blood T lymp...
Topics
- Female
- Fetal Blood
- Fetus
- Gestational Age
- Humans
- Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Mutation
- Obstetric Labor, Premature
- Plants, Toxic
- Pregnancy
- Regression Analysis
- Sex
- Smoking