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MeSH Heading: Chromosome Fragility
Tree Number(s): C23.550.210.110.180; C23.550.362.180.180; G05.365.590.175.165.180; G05.370.180.180
Unique ID: D002873
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002873
Scope Note: Susceptibility of chromosomes to breakage leading to translocation; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; SEQUENCE DELETION; or other CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE related aberrations.
Entry Term(s): Chromosomal Fragility
Previous Indexing: Chromosome Aberrations (1968-1981); Chromosomes (1966-1967)
See Also: Chromosome Breakage; Chromosome Fragile Sites; Fragile X Syndrome; Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion
Public MeSH Note: 82
History Note: 82
Date Established: 1982/01/01
Date of Entry: 1981/02/23
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

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