Fatal Folic Acid Toxicity in Humans

• Autores: Gerard Pradeep Devnath, Senthil Kumaran, R Rajiv, Kusa Kumar Shaha, Ashok Nagaraj
• Localización: Journal of forensic sciences, ISSN-e 1556-4029, ISSN 0022-1198, Vol. 62, Nº. 6, 2017, págs. 1668-1670
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Folic acid is B-9 vitamin. Folic acid is prescribed commonly for pregnant women to prevent neural tube defects in the fetus, patients under chemotherapy, pernicious anemia and to reduce the risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease. Acute or chronic ingestion of a large dose of folic acid generally manifests as neurological complications, which are reversible. In this present case, a 23-year-old pregnant woman committed suicide by consuming folic acid tablets and succumbed to death within 36 h. Postmortem toxicological analysis detected