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IONIZING radiation causes obvious changes in the metabolism of deoxyribonucleic acids1. An experiment was therefore carried out to determine whether exposure of rats to ionizing radiation causes excretion of catabolites or intermediary products of deoxyribonucleic acids in urine.
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PAŘÍZEK, J., ARIENT, M., DIENSTBIER, Z. et al. Deoxycytidine in Urine as an Indicator of Changes after Irradiation. Nature 182, 721–722 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182721a0
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