Fatal Folic Acid Toxicity in Humans
| Autor: | Kusa Kumar Shaha, R Rajiv, Senthil Kumaran, Ashok Nagaraj, Gerard Pradeep Devnath |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Vitamin
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Physiology Poison control 02 engineering and technology Disease 01 natural sciences Pathology and Forensic Medicine chemistry.chemical_compound Genetics medicine Stroke pernicious anemia Chemotherapy Fetus business.industry 010401 analytical chemistry food and beverages 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology medicine.disease 0104 chemical sciences Surgery chemistry Toxicity 0210 nano-technology business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Forensic Sciences. 62:1668-1670 |
| ISSN: | 0022-1198 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1556-4029.13489 |
| Popis: | Folic acid is B-9 vitamin. Folic acid is prescribed commonly for pregnant women to prevent neural tube defects in the fetus, patients under chemotherapy, pernicious anemia and to reduce the risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease. Acute or chronic ingestion of a large dose of folic acid generally manifests as neurological complications, which are reversible. In this present case, a 23-year-old pregnant woman committed suicide by consuming folic acid tablets and succumbed to death within 36 h. Postmortem toxicological analysis detected folic acid in viscera. Death following acute consumption of folic acid is rare and has been not reported in the literature, to the best of our knowledge. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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