Colchicine poisoning: Case report of two suicides

Forensic Science International

Volumn 143, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 219-222

  Deveaux, Marc ^a   Hubert, Nicolas ^b   Demarly, Christophe ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Bile; Blood; Colchicine; HPLC DAD; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; BUFFER; COLCHICINE; COLCHICINE HOUDE; COLCHIMAX; DICHLOROMETHANE; LORMETAZEPAM; NOCTAMIDE; PHOSPHATE; PRAZEPAM;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; AUTOPSY; BILE; BILIARY EXCRETION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION; EXCRETION; EXTRACTION; FECES; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CONTENT; SUICIDE; TOXICOLOGY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 3042835326     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.02.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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