Fatalities Caused by the MDMA-Related Drug Paramethoxyamphetamine (PMA)
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Poisoning with the recreational drug paramethoxyamphetamine ("death").
OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical features of paramethoxyamphetamine (PMA; "death") poisoning and to compare these with those of people with self-reported "ecstasy" poisoning. DESIGN Retrospective casenote review. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING 22 patients who presented to the Emergency Department of the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), a major metropolitan teaching hospital, between 1 January 199...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Analytical Toxicology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0146-4760,1945-2403
DOI: 10.1093/jat/25.7.645