Morphological diagnosis of drug-induced intoxication in forensic medicine / Ed. by Yu.I. Pigolkin
304 p.: ill. [8] p. ill.
ISBN 5-225-04477-8

  The monograph presents current views of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, morphology of drug addictions. It gives their definitions and classifications, as well as present-day concepts of the molecular mechanisms responsible for drug abuse. The monograph provides the results of examinations of skin structural and visceral changes, identifies neuroglial disorders in the limbic system in acute and chronic opiate intoxication. It shows the capacities of using the data suggesting hepatic pathology for the forensic medical diagnosis of drug addictions. A set of their signs is proposed. New guidelines for the forensic medical diagnosis of narcotic drug intoxications are substantiated.
  Readership: forensic medical experts, pathologists, narcologists, toxicologists, and physicians of other specialities.