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Identifying cases of heroin toxicity where 6-acetylmorphine (6-AM) is not detected by toxicological analyses

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, 1542 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA

    Xiulu Ruan & Alan D. Kaye

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Health System Back and Pain Center, 325 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 100 SPC 5721, Ann Arbor, MI, 48108, USA

    Srinivas Chiravuri

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Ruan, X., Chiravuri, S. & Kaye, A.D. Identifying cases of heroin toxicity where 6-acetylmorphine (6-AM) is not detected by toxicological analyses. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 12, 388–389 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-016-9783-z

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