Applicability of succinylmonocholine as a marker for succinylcholine administration-Comparative analysis of samples from a fatal succinylcholine-intoxication versus postmortem control specimens

Forensic Science International

Volumn 207, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 84-90

  Kuepper, Uta ^a   Musshoff, Frank ^a   Madea, Burkhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

HPLC MS MS; Marker; Succinylcholine; Succinylmonocholine; Tissue; Vitreous humor

Indexed keywords

SUXAMETHONIUM;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INTOXICATION; FROZEN SECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ION PAIR EXTRACTION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 79953062135     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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