Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 388-390 , August 2008

Fatal intoxication with milnacipran

  • Laurent Fanton, MD (Forensic Pathologist)

      Affiliations

    • Université Lyon 1, Institut de Médecine Légale, 12 Avenue Rockefeller Lyon, F-69008 Lyon, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 04 78 01 17 89; fax: +33 04 78 01 01 85.
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  • Fabien Bévalot, Pharm D (Forensic Toxicologist)

      Affiliations

    • Université Lyon 1, Institut de Médecine Légale, 12 Avenue Rockefeller Lyon, F-69008 Lyon, France
    • Laboratoire LUMTOX, 98 Avenue des Frères Lumière, 69008 Lyon, France
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  • Habdelhamid Grait, MD (Forensic Pathologist)

      Affiliations

    • Université Lyon 1, Institut de Médecine Légale, 12 Avenue Rockefeller Lyon, F-69008 Lyon, France
    • Hôpital Central des Armées, Alger, Algeria
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  • Catherine Le Meur, Pharm D (Forensic Toxicologist)

      Affiliations

    • Université Lyon 1, Institut de Médecine Légale, 12 Avenue Rockefeller Lyon, F-69008 Lyon, France
    • Laboratoire LUMTOX, 98 Avenue des Frères Lumière, 69008 Lyon, France
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  • Yvan Gaillard, PhD (Forensic Toxicologist)

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire d’Analyse Toxicologique, Quai Jean Jaures, 07800 La Voulte sur Rhone, France
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  • Daniel Malicier, MD (Professor of Forensic Pathology, Director of Medicolegal Institute in Lyon)

      Affiliations

    • Université Lyon 1, Institut de Médecine Légale, 12 Avenue Rockefeller Lyon, F-69008 Lyon, France

Received 17 September 2007 ,Revised 7 November 2007 ,Accepted 13 December 2007.

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PII: S1752-928X(07)00193-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2007.12.006

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 388-390 , August 2008

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