Abstract
Chromosomal aberration (CA) and sister-chromatid exchange (SCE) frequencies have been assessed in 9 patients with von Reclinghausen's neurofibromatosis (NF1) and 8 apparently healthy controls. In separate experiments over a 5-year period, blood lymphocytes, skin fibroblast cell strains, and lymphoblastoid lines from both groups were treated with X-rays or mitomycin C (MMC) to determine whether the NF1 group was more sensitive to these agents than the control group. No difference between cells from NF1 patients and controls was observed with respect to spontaneous or X-ray-induced CA. Spontaneous or X-ray- and MMC-induced SCE frequencies were also similar in NF1 patients and controls.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 237-242 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Mutation Research Letters |
Volume | 283 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1992 |
Keywords
- Chromosomal aberrations
- Mitomycin C
- Neurofibromatosis
- Sister-chromatid exchange
- X-Irradiation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine