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An autopsy case of rhabdomyolysis related to vegetamin and genetic analysis of the rhabdomyolysis-associated genes.
Journal of forensic and legal medicine - 1 Jan 2010
Matsusue Aya, Hara Kenji, Kageura Mitsuyoshi, Kashiwagi Masayuki, Lu Wang, Ishigami Akiko, Gotohda Takako, Tokunaga Itsuo, Nisimura Akiyoshi, Sugimura Tomoko, Kubo Shin-Ichi
Abstract excerpt
We report an autopsy case of a man who died 2 days after taking an overdose of vegetamin. The autopsy findings were as follows: the epidermis on the axillary fossa and the inguinal skin had become macerated. Skeletal muscle was discolored. Concentrations of urea nitrogen, creatinine and urine myoglobin were 1.95 g/day, 0.66 g/day and 1100 ng/mL, respectively. Immunohistochemically, myoglobin was strongly stained...
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