Sudden unexpected death under acute influence of cannabis

Forensic Science International

Volumn 237, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hartung, Benno ^a   Kauferstein, Silke ^b   Ritz Timme, Stefanie ^a   Daldrup, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; RYANODINE RECEPTOR 2; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; MYOGLOBIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS SMOKING; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIODE ARRAY DETECTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FATALITY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; KCNH2 GENE; KCNQ1 GENE; LEGAL EVIDENCE; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RYR2 GENE; SCN5A GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MYOGLOBIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897900040     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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