Elevated frequency of Micronuclei in uterine smears of cervix cancer patients

Caryologia

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-222

  Gandhi, Gursatej ^a   Kaur, Baljit ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cervix cancer; Cytogenetic damage; Micronuclei

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141790893     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.2003.10589328     Document Type: Article

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