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Lillian Y. F. Hsu

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Chromosome Abnormality in Offspring of LSD User

JAMA February 9, 1970 Lillian Y. F. Hsu 33 citations

Congenital abnormalities compatible with D1-trisomy occurred in a newborn girl whose parents had used lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) prior to conception, but not during the pregnancy. Chromosomal analysis of the infant revealed trisomy 13 with a D/D translocation. Lysergic acid diethylamide may have damaged maternal germ cells prior to fertilization, inducing chromosomal rearrangement....