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DNA Synthesis and DNA Content of Leucocytes in Acute Leukaemia

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Inhibition of division of blast cells is common in untreated acute leukaemia of childhood. During relapse, while a patient is on maintenance therapy, the proportion of blast cells in cyclic division increases.

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  1. Department of Haematology, Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, WCI

    MINOU D. FOADI, E. H. COOPER & R. M. HARDISTY

  2. Chester Beatty Research Institute, Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Cancer Hospital, London, SW3

    MINOU D. FOADI, E. H. COOPER & R. M. HARDISTY

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FOADI, M., COOPER, E. & HARDISTY, R. DNA Synthesis and DNA Content of Leucocytes in Acute Leukaemia. Nature 216, 134–136 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216134a0

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