European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 139, Issue 1 , Pages 28-31 , July 2008

Embryotoxicity of serum from women smoking cocaine base paste (CBP)

  • Luis J. Del Valle

      Affiliations

    • Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
    • ,
  • Ricardo Pella

      Affiliations

    • Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
    • ,
  • Azucena Mercedes

      Affiliations

    • Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
    • ,
  • Luis A. Velasquez

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio de Inmunología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Alameda 3363, Casilla 40, Correo 33, Santiago, Chile
    • ,
  • Pedro A. Orihuela

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio de Inmunología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Alameda 3363, Casilla 40, Correo 33, Santiago, Chile
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +56 2 6812808.

Received 21 December 2006 ,Revised 18 August 2007 ,Accepted 31 October 2007.

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PII: S0301-2115(07)00464-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2007.10.010

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 139, Issue 1 , Pages 28-31 , July 2008

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