Attempts to detect ataxia telangiectasia (AT) heterozygotes by cytogenetical techniques

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 1982, Pages 145-151

  Natarajan, A T ^a   Meijers, M ^a   Van Zeeland, A A ^a   Simons, J W I M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; DNA SYNTHESIS; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IONIZING RADIATION;

ADULT; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CAFFEINE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0019986507     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000131739     Document Type: Article

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