Chromosome aberration frequency in children with chronic thyroiditis born before and after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor

Shemetun, O.V.; Talan, O.O.; Pilins'ka, M.A.

Tsitologiia i Genetika 38(1): 15-20

2004


ISSN/ISBN: 0564-3783
PMID: 15098442
Document Number: 583189
Children with chronic thyroiditis born before and after Chernobyl accident have been investigated cytogenetically using G-banding staining. It was shown that the chromosome instability and sensitivity to cesium radioisotopes increased and the pathological process in a thyroid gland implemented in persons exposed to 131I in their childhood and living in iodine-deficient territories.

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