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    J Anal Toxicol. 1997 Jan-Feb;21(1):70-2.

    Colchicine poisoning: report of a fatal case and presentation of an HPLC procedure for body fluid and tissue analyses.

    Kintz P, Jamey C, Tracqui A, Mangin P.

    Institut de Médecine Légale, Strasbourg, France.

    A case involving a suicidal overdose resulting from the ingestion of colchicine tablets is presented. The drug was quantitated using liquid chromatography. The femoral blood level was 62 ng/mL, and the maximum concentration found in bile was 2921 ng/mL. Therefore, bile appears to be the sample of choice for toxicological analysis when a poisoning case involving colchicine is suspected.

    PMID: 9013296 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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