Forgotten fragile sites and related phenomena

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 89-91

  Sutherland, G R ^a,b   Baker, E ^a,b  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SHORT SURVEY;

ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; AZACITIDINE; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITES; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 0345538691     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072842     Document Type: Short Survey

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