Pulmonary edema in fatal heroin overdose: Immunohistological investigations with IgE, collagen IV and laminin - No increase of defects of alveolar-capillary membranes

Forensic Science International

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 87-96

  Dettmeyer, Reinhard ^a   Schmidt, Peter ^a   Musshoff, Frank ^a   Dreisvogt, Carola ^a   Madea, Burkhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute heroin fatalities; Basement membrane defects; Immunohistochemistry; Pulmonary edema

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; DIAMORPHINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LAMININ;

ADULT; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INJURY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

EID: 0034658206     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00148-1     Document Type: Article

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