Confluent muscle pallor: A macroscopic marker of cocaine-induced rhabdomyolysis

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 364-366

  Byard, Roger W ^a,b   Summersides, Glenda ^b   Thompson, Amanda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Excited delirium; Muscle pallor; Rhabdomyolysis; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MYOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DELIRIUM; EDEMA; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; KIDNEY TUBULE; MALE; METABOLISM; NECK MUSCLE; NECROSIS; PALLOR; PATHOLOGY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DELIRIUM; EDEMA; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; MYOGLOBIN; NECK MUSCLES; NECROSIS; PALLOR; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 80053297090     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-011-9229-6     Document Type: Article

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