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A 32-year-old patient died of a cerebellar haemorrhage and the blood coagulation analysis before death suggested defective synthesis of vitamin K-dependent clotting factors due to vitamin K deficiency. The post-mortem toxicological examination of different tissues revealed phenprocoumon poisoning as the cause of death. The differential diagnosis of vitamin K deficiency and the toxicology of hydroxycoumarins are discussed.
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Höhler, T., Becker, J., Meyer zum Büschenfelde, KH. et al. Fatal cerebellar haemorrhage due to phenprocoumon poisoning. Int J Leg Med 108, 268–271 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01369825
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