Drowning of a Friedreich's ataxia patient

Autor:	R W Huntington rd, D B Busch, H A Hartmann
Rok vydání:	1987
Předmět:	Adult Male congenital hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Weakness Ataxia Neuromuscular disease Injury control Accident prevention Poison control Pathology and Forensic Medicine medicine Humans health care economics and organizations Drowning business.industry Muscles Myocardium social sciences medicine.disease Spinal Cord Friedreich Ataxia Accidental population characteristics Medical emergency medicine.symptom business human activities Spinal cord pathology
Zdroj:	The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology. 8(1)
ISSN:	0195-7910
Popis:	We here report an unusual, apparently accidental death, in which weakness associated with a progressive neuromuscular disease, Friedreich's ataxia, apparently resulted in the drowning of the deceased. The possibility of neuromuscular disease as a rare cause of drownings should not be overlooked.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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