The diagnosis of diffuse axonal injury: Implications for forensic practice

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 339-347

  Geddes, J F ^a   Vowles, G H ^a   Beer, T W ^b   Ellison, D W ^b  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffuse axonal injury; Forensic medicine; Head injuries; amyloid precursor protein

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; ANTIBODY; BRAIN PROTEIN; CD68 ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEAD INJURY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0030804755     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1997.tb01305.x     Document Type: Article

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