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Table 1 Toxicological findings in hair from our patient and his parents

From: Acute heroin intoxication in a baby chronically exposed to cocaine and heroin: a case report

Specimens

Length of hair (cm)

Cocaine (ng/mg)

Benzoylecgonine (ng/mg)

Morphine (ng/mg)

6-MAM (ng/mg)

Codeine (ng/mg)

Patient's hair

2

17.5

2.2

2.4

8.1

0.4

Father's hair

3

11.8

1.7

6.4

8.0

1.8

Mother's hair

12 (total)

     
 

0-3

2.5

1.6

0.4

0.8

0.1

 

3-6

3.7

2.1

0.2

0.6

0.1

 

6-9

4.4

4.3

0.2

0.7

0.05

 

9-12

3.0

5.5

0.3

0.7

0.1

  1. 6-MAM = 6-monoacetylmorphine.