An oxcarbazepine-related fatality with an overview of 26 oxcarbazepine postmortem cases

Forensic Science International

Volumn 177, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 248-251

  Linnet, Kristian ^a   Steentoft, Anni ^a   Simonsen, Kirsten W ^a   Sabers, Anne ^b   Hansen, Steen Holger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

10 Hydroxycarbazepine; Fatality; Oxcarbazepine; Postmortem cases

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; LICARBAZEPINE; OXCARBAZEPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIODE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG LIVER LEVEL; DRUG MUSCLE LEVEL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CONTENT; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 41649097350     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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