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Science 21 June 1968:
Vol. 160. no. 3834, pp. 1343 - 1345
DOI: 10.1126/science.160.3834.1343
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Chromosomal Effect in vivo of Exposure to Lysergic Acid Diethylamide

Robert S. Sparkes 1, John Melnyk 2, and Louis P. Bozzetti 3

1 Department of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90024
2 Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, University of Southern California Medical School, Los Angeles 90027
3 Department of Psychiatry, University of California School of Medicine

Chromosome studies of persons exposed to lysergic acid diethylamide, either self-administered or received during medical therapy, failed to demonstrate significant chromosomal damage.


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