Fatal water intoxication in a schizophrenic patient - An autopsy case

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 157-159

  Hayashi, Takahito ^a   Ishida, Yuko ^a   Miyashita, Tomoko ^a   Kiyokawa, Hikaru ^a   Kimura, Akihiko ^a   Kondo, Toshikazu ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forensic autopsy; Postmortem biochemical analysis; Schizophrenic patients; Water in toxication

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FLUID INTAKE; HEMODILUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPONATREMIA; INJURY; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EXAMINATION; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN; POLYDIPSIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STOMACH EXAMINATION; WATER INTOXICATION;

AGED; BLOOD PHYSIOLOGY; DUODENUM; FATAL OUTCOME; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; INTESTINE, SMALL; LUNG; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STOMACH; WATER INTOXICATION;

EID: 18944388867     PISSN: 13531131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2005.01.009     Document Type: Article

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