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Science 27 October 1967:
Vol. 158. no. 3800, pp. 508 - 510
DOI: 10.1126/science.158.3800.508
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Leukocytes of Humans Exposed to Lysergic Acid Diethylamide: Lack of Chromosomal Damage

William D. Loughman 1, Thornton W. Sargent 1, and David M. Israelstam 1

1 Donner Laboratory of Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley

Leukocyte cultures from eight human subjects who had had recent exposure to large doses of lysergic acid diethylamide were examined for chromosome abnormalities. The number of abnormalities was not significantly greater than that in control cultures.


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