Covert poisoning with difenacoum: Clinical and toxicological observations

Human & Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 166-170

  McCarthy, P T ^a,b   Cox, A D ^a   Harrington, D J ^a   Evely, R S ^c,d   Hampton, E ^c   al Sabah, A I ^c   Massey, E ^c   Jackson, H ^c   Ferguson, T ^e  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Ravenscourt Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NEVILL HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

difenacoum; HPLC; phylloquinone; poisoning

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN ANTICOAGULANT; DECARBOXYPROTHROMBIN; DIFENACOUM; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; PHYTOMENADIONE; RIFAMPICIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG USE; EPISTAXIS; HEMATOMA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; SELF POISONING; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY;

4-HYDROXYCOUMARINS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PLASMA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTHROMBIN; RIFAMPIN; RODENTICIDES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; VITAMIN K 1;

PURPURA;

EID: 0031003470     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096032719701600306     Document Type: Article

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