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Comparative Study
. 1979 Oct;68(2):149-52.
doi: 10.1016/0165-1218(79)90142-3.

Sister-chromatid exchanges in oral contraceptive users

P B Murthy, K Prema
Comparative Study

Sister-chromatid exchanges in oral contraceptive users

P B Murthy et al. Mutat Res. 1979 Oct.

Abstract

The effect of the use of an oral contraceptive on the frequency of sister-chromatid exchanges (SCEs) was investigated. Oral contraceptive users showed significantly higher mean SCE per cell compared with both normal and pregnant women. This result obviously means an increased mutagenic environment in these cells--due either to the pill itself or to a metabolite(s).

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