Legal Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 65-68 , March 2003

Unexpected death due to right-sided infective endocarditis in a methamphetamine abuser

  • Tomoya Takasaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Pathology and Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
    • Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
    • ,
  • Naoki Nishida

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Pathology and Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
    • ,
  • Rie Esaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Pathology and Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
    • ,
  • Noriaki Ikeda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Pathology and Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-92-642-6124; fax: +81-92- 642-6126

Received 20 December 2001 ,Revised 23 May 2002 ,Accepted 6 August 2002.

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Legal Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 65-68 , March 2003

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