title: Colchicine poisoning: case report of two homicides.
abstract: Deaths resulting from the oral ingestion of colchicine are occasionally associated with suicides and therapeutic toxicity. However, homicidal deaths in which this drug is used are extremely rare. Two homicides in which colchicine was used are reported.
authors.affiliation: State Medical Examiner's Office, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weakley-Jones
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Gerber
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biggs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D003078:Colchicine / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011041:Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003078:Colchicine