A fatal case of pontine hemorrhage related to methamphetamine abuse

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 444-447

  Miyashita, Tomoko ^a   Hayashi, Takahito ^a   Ishida, Yuko ^a   Tsuneyama, Kouichi ^b   Kimura, Akihiko ^a   Kondo, Toshikazu ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOYAMA MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; Forensic pathology; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Methamaphetamine; Necrotizing angiitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEATH; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG SCREENING; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INJECTION SITE BLEEDING; MALE; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE NECROSIS; TISSUE SECTION; URINALYSIS;

AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; PONS;

EID: 34548021876     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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