Acute Leukemia With Ph1-Like Chromosome in an LSD User
- Lionel Grossbard, MD;
- David Rosen, MD;
- Eve McGilvray, MD;
- Adriana de Capoa, MD;
- Orlando Miller, MD;
- Arthur Bank, MD
Abstract
Acute leukemia occurred in a user of several hallucinogenic drugs (lysergic acid diethylamide [LSD], mescaline, marihuana, and amphetamines). The leukemic leukocytes of the patient contained a Ph1-like chromosome; lymphocytes transformed with phytohemagglutinin did not show chromosome breaks. A Ph1-like chromosome has only rarely been reported in either acute leukemia or in cultured lymphocytes of individuals ingesting LSD.
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