Estimation of stress in child neglect from thymic involution

Forensic Science International

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-63

  Tanegashima, Akio ^a   Yamamoto, Hidetaka ^a   Yada, Isao ^a   Fukunaga, Tatsushige ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

bcl 2; Child abuse neglect; Stress; Thymic involution; Thymocyte subpopulations

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INVOLUTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; NEGLECT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0033064447     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00003-1     Document Type: Article

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