Heroin associated nephropathy - A post-mortem study

Forensic Science International

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-116

  Dettmeyer, Reinhard ^a   Wessling, Bettina ^a   Madea, Burkhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glomerulonephritis; Heroin associated nephropathy (HAN); Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CHLORDANE; DIAMORPHINE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0032551563     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(98)00082-6     Document Type: Article

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