The effect of abdominal contrast-enhanced CT on DNA double-strand breaks in peripheral blood lymphocytes: an in vitro and in vivo study.

Shu Min TaoFan ZhouU Joseph SchoepfAddison A JohnsonZhu Xiao LinChang Sheng ZhouGuang Ming LuLong Jiang Zhang

Published in: Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) (2018)

Abdominal CE-CT significantly increased DSB levels in both in vitro and in vivo experiments. A positive linear correlation of CT radiation dose with intracellular DSBs levels was observed in the in vitro study.

Keyphrases

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