Overdose of carbamazepine before hanging by a child: a case report of a complex suicide

Abstract Background Compared to death by hanging, fatal cases due to carbamazapine intake is hardly seen. We are reporting a rare case where the victim had used this combination to terminate life as a complex suicide. Case presentation The deceased was a 16-year-old school girl, who had been on carb...

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Main Authors: Amal Nishantha Vadysinghe, Solokara Mudiyanselage Nirmani Kaushalya Thilakarathne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-11-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41935-018-0095-1