Colchicine poisoning by accidental ingestion of meadow saffron (Colchicum autumnale): Pathological and medicolegal aspects

Forensic Science International

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 191-200

  Klintschar, Michael ^a   Beham Schmidt, Christine ^a   Radner, Herbert ^a   Henning, Gerald ^a   Roll, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Colchicine; Colchicum autumnale; Pathology; Plant poisoning; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; COLCHICINE;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BILE LEVEL; BLEEDING DISORDER; BONE MARROW HYPOPLASIA; CASE REPORT; COLCHICUM; DEATH; DIARRHEA; FATTY LIVER; GARLIC; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGESTION; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NAUSEA; PATHOLOGY; PLANT INTOXICATION; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOMITING;

EID: 0032736530     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00191-7     Document Type: Article

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