. \ 3 eoecen ees GOUNtS Gude Seer” op bone ~- res vrepar.tiono. in the quality of the uresyers fone, whieh lace The laproverent Followed the intre- duetion of the oresent technique, ia evident from tie finding that in 1602 eelle fror bone warrov oreperstione only. 85.02% had a count of 46 chromoaones, ‘$A enomperison of the gount jiistributions in the pre-ex:osure blood ernplec from the two orcientea cited below with thea in “ableea 1 and 2, ahows thoae distributions to be within the normal Prange of values fu. the present teehni-jue, The two male patiante studied wers given X-ray treatment for enkylosing spondylitia. The fireat patient received treatment te the whole lon:th of hie spine eni to hie sacro-ilizg joints between 18/7/60 ani 29/7/60, pn total ekin dose of 1500 rade being given in 10 equal frooctions, In thn second putiant, the effeot of a sincle dose of X-rays, 250 rads to the skin over the spinal column alone given on 10/8/50, was studied over a period of ten daye by serial vbiood a:ltures,. The field arrangeaents and the Xepay physical chrracteriatioa sre uncon for Lath ontiente in Fige 14 and 18. Calls wera select -d for counting orovidjed thst all the small chromesomes (Nos, 13 to 2: ani the Y chromosome in the Denver Classification) were essily identified, .2n3 in ovary selected oell these were analysed, it will be soen from Tables 3 and & that polyploid cells were noted in most >: the preparations, These polyploid oelion are not inoluded in th: chromosome counts as they ed a dee ean be reoornised without a pesne eount being mode, For purposes of comparison, however, an epproximate neseure of the frequeney of polyploide is indicated hy th- faot that only two were noted during the study of the 694 cella listed in Tables 1 and 2e The lest technienl point to be mantioned ig that ona of the common effects of radi: ciom was the »oroduetion of chromosone Pe we © DOE ARCHIVES f

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