Serotonin-, 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid- and cholesterol content in blood, cerebrospinal fluid and brain areas to differentiate between suicide and non-suicidal deaths;Serotonin-, 5-hydroxyindolylessigsaure- und cholesterolgehalt in blut, liquor und hirnarealen zur abgrenzung suizidaler von nicht suizidalen todesfallen

Archiv fur Kriminologie

Volumn 205, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 131-144

  Walendzik, Hartmut ^a,b   Zimmer, Gisela ^a,b   Skopp, Gisela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b C/o Inst Rechtsmedizin/V ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GERMANY; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; SUICIDE; THALAMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEROTONIN; SUICIDE;

EID: 0034180926     PISSN: 00039225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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