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FORENSIC SCIENCE MEDICINE AND PATHOLOGY
Volume 6, Issue 2, Pages 116-120Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-009-9138-0
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Forensic; Toxicology; Methadone; Diazepam; Infant
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Fatalities in infants resulting from methadone toxicity are rare within the United Kingdom. We report two cases of fatality attributed to methadone toxicity in infants aged 3A1/2 and 15 months of age, respectively. One of the two cases was also associated with diazepam ingestion. We discuss the difficulties with the interpretation of paediatric forensic toxicology and review the current literature related to methadone and diazepam toxicity in infants and older children.
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