A fatal case of 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone poisoning: Coexistence of α-pyrrolidinobutiophenone and α-pyrrolidinovalerophenone in blood and/or hair

Forensic Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 338-343

  Namera, Akira ^a   Urabe, Shumari ^a   Saito, Takeshi ^b   Torikoshi Hatano, Aiko ^a   Shiraishi, Hiroaki ^a   Arima, Yousuke ^a   Nagao, Masataka ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pyrrolidinobutiophenone ( PBP); Pyrrolidinovalerophenone ( PVP); 3,4 Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV); Blood level; Fatal poisoning; Hair analysis

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE; ALPHA PYRROLIDINOBUTIOPHENONE; ALPHA PYRROLIDINOVALEROPHENONE; CATHINONE; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HAIR LEVEL; FATALITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INTOXICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAW; SUBCUTANEOUS HEMORRHAGE; SYRINGE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URINALYSIS;

MUSCOVY DUCK PARVOVIRUS;

EID: 84879797839     PISSN: 18608965     EISSN: 18608973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11419-013-0192-7     Document Type: Article

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