Micronucleus frequencies in lymphocytes and buccal epithelial cells from patients having head and neck cancer and their first-degree relatives

Mutagenesis

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 351-356

  Burgaz, Sema ^a   Coskun, Erdem ^a   Demircigil, Gonca Cakmak ^a   Kocabas, Neslihan Aygun ^c   Cetindag, Faik ^b   Sunter, Osman ^b   Edinsel, Hayriye ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA ONCOLOGY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CHEEK; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENETIC DAMAGE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CYTOCHALASIN B; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; YOUNG ADULT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79952292386     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/geq101     Document Type: Article

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