Ev. Domracheva et al., Cytogenetic features of leukaemias diagnosed in residents of areas contaminated after the Chernobyl nuclear accident, APPL RAD IS, 52(5), 2000, pp. 1171-1177
A comparison of chromosomal abnormalities in bone marrow leukaemic cells an
d of stable and unstable aberrations in lymphocytes of patients with hemato
logical malignancies who live in areas with or without contamination by the
Chernobyl nuclear accident has been made using FISH and G-banding. Healthy
residents of these areas comprised the control group. No systematic cytoge
netic differences of leukaemic cells between patients from contaminated and
uncontaminated areas were observed. Lymphocyte aberrations, however, were
generally higher in all subjects from contaminated areas. Comparison has be
en made with specific cytogenetic features of leukaemic cells and a high le
vel of stable aberrations in lymphocytes of patients with secondary leukaem
ias that had developed after chemo- and/or radio-therapy. (C) 2000 Elsevier
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