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High-LET radiation induces apoptosis in lymphoblastoid cell lines derived from ataxia-telangiectasia patients

A. E. Meijer Division of Medical Radiation Physics, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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J. Ekedahl Division of Medical Radiation Biology, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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B. Joseph Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Karolinska Instituetet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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J. Castro Division of Medical Radiation Biology, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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M. Harms-Ringdahl Department of Molecular Genome Research, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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B. Zhivotovsky Division of Toxicology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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R. Lewensohn Division of Medical Radiation Biology, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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Pages 309-317 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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