Telomerase activity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells after whole body irradiation

Oncology Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 865-869

  Neuhof, Dirk ^a   Bischof, Marc ^a   Debus, Jürgen ^a   Weber, Klaus Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Irradiation; Peripheral blood mononuclear cells; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEAR CELL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERASE; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 34249942607     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.17.4.865     Document Type: Article

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