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Lymphocyte Survival in Men treated with X-rays for Ankylosing Spondylitis

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Lymphocytes with radiation-induced chromosome aberrations, examined in patients treated with X-rays for ankylosing spondylitis, are estimated to have a mean life span of about 1,600 days.

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    KARIN E. BUCKTON, W. M. COURT BROWN & P. G. SMITH

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BUCKTON, K., BROWN, W. & SMITH, P. Lymphocyte Survival in Men treated with X-rays for Ankylosing Spondylitis. Nature 214, 470–473 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/214470a0

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