A case review of the first analytically confirmed 25I-NBOMe-related death in Washington state

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 668-671

  Lowe, Lyndsey M ^a   Peterson, Brianna L ^a   Couper, Fiona J ^a  

^a Washington State Patrol   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 IODO 2,5 DIMETHOXY N (2 METHOXYBENZYL)PHENETHYLAMINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CREATINE KINASE; DRONABINOL; PHENETHYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; PSILOCIN; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2-(4-IODO-2,5-DIMETHOXYPHENYL)-N-(2-METHOXYBENZYL)ETHANAMINE; HOMOVERATRYLAMINE;

ACCIDENT; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; CONVULSION; DEATH; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; VOMITING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; FATALITY;

ADOLESCENT; DIMETHOXYPHENYLETHYLAMINE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84943771737     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 19452403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/bkv092     Document Type: Article

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