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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 seen in untreated and bleomycin-treated cultures. The findings suggest that neonatal oxygen exposure is unlikely to cause latent chromosome damage.
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Received: July 22, 1998 / Accepted: September 8, 1998
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Méhes, K., Bajnóczky, K., Adamovich, K. et al. No latent chromosome damage in oxygen-exposed premature neonates. J Hum Genet 44, 40–42 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100380050104
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100380050104