No latent chromosome damage in oxygen-exposed premature neonates

Authors
Mehes, K Bajnoczky, K Adamovich, K Khezri, S Kosztolanyi, G
Citation
K. Mehes et al., No latent chromosome damage in oxygen-exposed premature neonates, J HUM GENET, 44(1), 1999, pp. 40-42
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Molecular Biology & Genetics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
ISSN journal
14345161 → ACNP
Volume
44
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
40 - 42
Database
ISI
SICI code
1434-5161(1999)44:1<40:NLCDIO>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The possible effect of in vivo oxygen exposure on chromosomes was examined in lymphocyte cultures of 12 very-low-birthweight infants on the 1st, 8th, and 16th days of intensive care. No increase of cytogenetic anomalies was s een in untreated and bleomycin-treated cultures. The findings suggest that neonatal oxygen exposure is unlikely to cause latent chromosome damage.