Myocardium and striated muscle damage caused by licit or illicit drugs

Legal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Tóth, Anita Réka ^a   Varga, Tibor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Cocaine; Muscle damage; Opium; Rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPRAZOLAM; AMPHETAMINE; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; CEFTRIAXONE; CLONAZEPAM; COCAINE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; MAZIPREDONE; METHADONE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NORAMIDOPYRINE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL DERIVATIVE;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; MUSCLE INJURY; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPRAZOLAM; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN EDEMA; CLONAZEPAM; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; FEVER; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HALLUCINOGENS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, STRIATED; MYOCARDIUM; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NECROSIS; PULMONARY EDEMA; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; STREET DRUGS; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 67349188894     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.02.058     Document Type: Article

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