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Science 18 October 1963:
Vol. 142. no. 3590, pp. 396 - 398
DOI: 10.1126/science.142.3590.396
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Deoxycytidine in Urine of Humans after Whole-Body Irradiation

Helen K. Berry 1, Eugene L. Saenger 1, Harold Perry 1, Ben I. Friedman 1, James G. Kereiakes 1, and Carolyn Scheel 1

1 Departments of Radiology, Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine and Children's Hospital Research Foundation, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio

Increased levels of deoxycytidine were found in the urine of two humans during the first 24 hours after irradiation. This substance presumably was produced by the break-down of DNA following irradiation, or resulted from interference with the synthesis of DNA.


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