Tetramine poisoning: A case report and review of the literature

Forensic Science International

Volumn 204, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Su, Min ^a   Tian, Dong Ping ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Forensic pathology; Poison; Subarachnoid hemorrhagic; Tetramine

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; RODENTICIDE; TETRAMETHYLENE DISULFOTETRAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG ABSCESS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROTOXICITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SCREENING TEST; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 78650905165     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.06.025     Document Type: Article

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