PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Norman, Amos AU - Sasaki, M. S. AU - Ottoman, R. E. AU - Fingerhut, A. G. TI - Lymphocyte Lifetime in Women AID - 10.1126/science.147.3659.745 DP - 1965 Feb 12 TA - Science PG - 745--745 VI - 147 IP - 3659 4099 - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/147/3659/745.short 4100 - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/147/3659/745.full SO - Science1965 Feb 12; 147 AB - The lifetime of the lymphocyte in hematologically normal women is 530 ± 64 days. This estimate, made from studies on 25 women who had received radiation therapy for cervical carcinoma, is based on the rate of disappearance of lymphocytes with acentric chromosome fragments.