The level of chromosome aberrations induced by mitomycin C and cytosine arabinoside in the cultured lymphocytes from patients with chronic alcoholism is elevated, as compared to that observed in the cultured lymphocytes of healthy persons. A supposition was made that transitory instability of cell genome could cause this phenomenon.

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