@article{ref1,
title="A chasing dead-end case report: a fatal lead intoxication following an attempted homicide",
journal="Forensic toxicology",
year="2020",
author="Lelièvre, Bénédicte and Triau, Stephane and Codron, Philippe and Mariau, Yoran and Papin-Lefebvre, Frederique and Collin, Alexandre and Drevin, Guillaume and Le Roux, Gaël and Briet, Marie and Boels, David and Letournel, Franck",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="In developed countries, lead intoxication is decreasing in adults as sources of contamination were considerably reduced. Hence, cases of lead encephalopathy have become scarcer. We report the case of a 50-year-old woman who developed a systemic intoxication due the persistence of lead fragments in her abdomen and back. The patient was shot with homemade gun bullets, which were immediately surgically removed. During the eight following months, she presented progressive worsening signs of systemic and cerebral lead intoxication. On admission to hospital, her blood lead concentration was of 1650 µg/L. Despite surgeries and the use of lead chelators, she died 8 days later.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1860-8965",
doi="10.1007/s11419-019-00519-5",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11419-019-00519-5"
}