[Multiple sclerosis and chromosomal aberrations (author's transl)].

Chromosomal investigations were performed after peripheral lymphocytes taken from 25 healthy females and from 35 female patients suffering from various types of multiple sclerosis had been cultured for 48 hours. The incidence of cells with chromosomal breaks in multiple sclerosis patients (2.0%) was significantly higher than in controls (1.

[Action of protons with 25 and 50 MeV energies on the chromosomes of human peripheral blood lymphocytes in vitro].

The frequency and type of chromosomal abberations in human lymphocytes induced by 25, 50, 645 MeV protons and 200 kv x-rays were studied. It was shown that the yield of one-hit acentric fragments increased linearly and that of double-break aberrations increased exponentially with the irradiation dose. It was demonstrated that under the influence of radiations with high linear energy transfer the number of paired fragments increased and that of dicentrics and rings decreased.