A therapeutic castastrophe, entailing 16 exhumations, following the administration of digitoxin instead of oestradiol benzoate to prostatic cancer patients: identification of the poison

Med Sci Law. 1979 Jan;19(1):8-18. doi: 10.1177/002580247901900103.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Belgium
  • Digitoxin / poisoning*
  • Estradiol
  • Forensic Medicine*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Medication Errors
  • Middle Aged
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / drug therapy

Substances

  • Estradiol
  • Digitoxin