Acute flurazepam intoxication: A case report

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-57

  Martello, Simona ^a   Oliva, Antonio ^a   De Giorgio, Fabio ^a   Chiarotti, Marcello ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute intoxication; Analysis; Flurazepam; GC MS

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; FLURAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SLEEP DISORDER; SUICIDE; BILE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; STOMACH JUICE;

AGED; BILE; FEMALE; FLURAZEPAM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SUICIDE;

EID: 33746089227     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000201106.59902.fb     Document Type: Article

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