A case of fatal intoxication from metformin

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 988-991

  Gambaro, Veniero ^a   Dell'Acqua, Lucia ^a   Farè, Fiorenza ^a   Fidani, Marco ^b   Froldi, Rino ^c   Saligari, Elisa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIRE Lab Srl   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fatal intoxication; Forensic science; High performance liquid chromatography analysis; LC APCI MS MS analysis; Metformin

Indexed keywords

ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; METBAY; METFORMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; METFORMIN; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34250333781     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00461.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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