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. 1990 Jul;27(7):437-40.
doi: 10.1136/jmg.27.7.437.

Chromosomal radiosensitivity of lymphocytes from Alzheimer's disease patients

S E Tobi  1 , J E Moquet, A A Edwards, D C Lloyd, R F Itzhaki
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Chromosomal radiosensitivity of lymphocytes from Alzheimer's disease patients

S E Tobi et al. J Med Genet. 1990 Jul.

Abstract

We have examined chromosome aberrations in gamma irradiated (3 Gy) lymphocytes from five patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). In each case, the number of dicentrics was significantly higher than the number in irradiated lymphocytes from five age matched normal subjects, the mean value for AD cells being about 25% higher. There was no significant difference in number of acentrics between AD and normal cells. Examination of the number of first, second, and third division metaphases, using fluorescence plus Giemsa staining, indicated that there was no difference in cycling time between AD and normal cells, and that after irradiation both groups showed the same mitotic delay. The similarity of our findings to those of others with irradiated Down's syndrome cells (from adult patients) is discussed.

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