Histopathological findings in 851 autopsies of drug addicts, with toxicologic and virologic correlations

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 106-116

  Passarino, Giorgio ^a   Ciccone, Giovannino ^a   Siragusa, Roberta ^b   Tappero, Paolo ^b   Mollo, Franco ^a,b  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Drug addiction; Pathologic findings; Toxirologic examination

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ASPIRATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 19544387619     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000159990.54730.4b     Document Type: Review

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