Sudden death from massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage associated with crack cocaine use: Case report and review of the literature

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-99

  Lingamfelter, Daniel C ^a,b   Knight, Laura D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b Office of the Jackson County Medical Examiner   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SUDDEN DEATH; THROMBOSIS;

COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; DEATH, SUDDEN; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77649204314     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181c6bed9     Document Type: Article

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