Investigating the in vitro effect of taurine on the infant lymphocytes by sister chromatid exchange

Pediatrics International

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 284-286

  Ergun, Mehmet Ali ^a   Soysal, Yasemin ^b   Kismet, Erol ^b   Akay, Cemal ^b   Dundaroz, Rusen ^b   Ilhan, Mustafa N ^a   Imirzalioglu, Necat ^c  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mitomycin C; Sister chromatid exchange; Taurine

Indexed keywords

TAURINE;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CALCULATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MALE; MILK LEVEL; NEOPLASM; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TISSUE INJURY;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MITOMYCIN; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TAURINE;

EID: 33646722127     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2006.02205.x     Document Type: Article

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