Fatal poisoning by MDMA (ecstasy) and MDEA: A case report

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 272-275

  Fineschi, Vittorio ^a   Masti, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drug addiction; Fatal intoxication; MDEA; MDMA

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYETHYLAMPHETAMINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG OVERDOSE; ETIOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; CAPILLARIES; DESIGNER DRUGS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TUBULES; LUNG; MYOGLOBINURIA; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; OVERDOSE; POISONING; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 0029964270     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01369826     Document Type: Article

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