In Vitro X-Ray Sensitivity in Ataxia Telangiectasia Homozygote and Heterozygote Skin Fibroblasts Under Oxic and Hypoxic Conditions

Cancer Research

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1982, Pages 3950-3956

  Kinsella, Timothy J ^a   Mitchell, James B ^a   McPherson, Scott ^a   Russo, Angelo ^a   Tietze, Frank ^a  

^a NIH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SKIN CANCER; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 0020442368     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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