Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 192-194 , July 2010

Diagnostic approach to drug-screening tests for fatal diabetic ketoacidosis: Forensic autopsy of a methamphetamine abuser

  • Masayuki Kashiwagi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
    • ,
  • Kenji Hara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
    • ,
  • Zhao Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Science, Chinese People’s Public Security University, Beijing 100038, PR China
    • ,
  • Mitsuyoshi Kageura

      Affiliations

    • General Medicine Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
    • ,
  • Aya Matsusue

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
    • ,
  • Tomoko Sugimura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
    • ,
  • Shin-ichi Kubo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan. Tel.: +81 92 801 1011x3335; fax: +81 92 801 4266.

Received 12 January 2010 ,Revised 19 March 2010 ,Accepted 24 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.03.007

Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 192-194 , July 2010

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