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Induction of micronuclei in PHA-stimulated human lymphocyte cultures by therapeutic radiation

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Micronuclei frequency and percent of chromosome breaks increases significantly in adults whose thymus glands were irradiated in infancy and after irradiation of cancer patients.

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  1. M. M. Reddy

    Present address: R. A. Cooke Institute of Allergy, The Roosevelt Hospital, 428 West 59th Street, 10019, New York, N.Y., USA

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  1. University of Rochester School of Medicine and Monroe Community Hospital, 14603, Rochester, New York, USA

    M. M. Reddy, K. O. Goh & L. H. Hempelmann

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Acknowledgments. This work was supported by a grant, No. CA-14876, from the National Cancer Institute. Rita Giuliano gave valuable technical assistance.

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Reddy, M.M., Goh, K.O. & Hempelmann, L.H. Induction of micronuclei in PHA-stimulated human lymphocyte cultures by therapeutic radiation. Experientia 36, 343–344 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01952316

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