Fatal chloroquine self-poisoning.
High performance liquid chromatography was employed to quantify chloroquine in biological fluids and tissues in a death attributed to chloroquine overdose. The blood concentration of chloroquine was 16.71 mg/l. Results are discussed in the light of the existing literature.
Kintz
P
P
Institut de Médecine Légale, Strasbourg, France.
Ritter-Lohner
S
S
Lamant
J M
JM
Tracqui
A
A
Mangin
P
P
Lugnier
A A
AA
Chaumont
A J
AJ
D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000032:analysis; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013405:Suicide
D002738:Chloroquine