Buccal micronucleus cytome assay: Results of an intra- and inter-laboratory scoring comparison

Mutagenesis

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 545-555

  Bolognesi, Claudia ^a   Roggieri, Paola ^a   Ropolo, Monica ^a   Thomas, Philip ^b   Hor, Maryam ^b   Fenech, Michael ^b   Nersesyan, Armen ^c   Knasmueller, Siegfried ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BASAL CELL; BUCCAL MICRONUCLEUS CYTOME ASSAY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL DEATH; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DNA DAMAGE; GENETICS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOMARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA DAMAGE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; OBSERVER VARIATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936774917     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/gev017     Document Type: Article

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