Sudden cardiac death associated with methylone use

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-28

  Carbone, Peter N ^a   Carbone, David L ^b   Carstairs, Shaun D ^a   Luzi, Scott A ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bath salts; cathinone; methylone; sudden cardiac death; toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CATHINONE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DESIGNER DRUG; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METHAMPHETAMINE; METHYLONE;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; URINE;

ALKALOIDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DESIGNER DRUGS; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873964947     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: 1533404X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e31827ab5da     Document Type: Article

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