Postmortem lipid levels for the analysis of risk factors of sudden death: Usefulness of the Ektachem and Monarch analyzers

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 354-359

  Hart, Amy P ^a   Zumwalt, Ross E ^a   Dasgupta, Amitava ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; DEATH, SUDDEN; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0031431130     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199712000-00008     Document Type: Article

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