Fatal intoxication with labetalol (Trandate®)

Forensic Science International

Volumn 178, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages

  Grassin Delyle, Stanislas ^a   Duverneuil Mayer, Charlotte ^a   Abe, Emuri ^a   Mathieu, Bertille ^a   Lorin De La Grandmaison, Geoffroy ^a   Charlier, Philippe ^a   Alvarez, Jean Claude ^a  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Beta blocker; Fatal intoxication; Labetalol

Indexed keywords

ACEPROMAZINE; ACEPROMETAZINE; ALCOHOL; ALLOPURINOL; CLORAZEPATE DIPOTASSIUM; LABETALOL; MEPROBAMATE; NOCTRAN; NORDAZEPAM; TIANEPTINE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIODE; DRUG INTOXICATION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LUNG EDEMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CONTENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 44449117010     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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