Interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein serum levels in sepsis-related fatalities during the early postmortem period

Forensic Science International

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-56

  Tsokos, Michael ^a   Reichelt, Uta ^a   Jung, Roman ^b   Nierhaus, Axel ^b   Püschel, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burn injury; C reactive protein, CRP; Interleukin 6, IL 6; Postmortem biochemistry; Postmortem markers of sepsis; Postmortem sepsis diagnostics; Sepsis; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome, SIRS

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; TIME OF DEATH;

EID: 0035371876     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00391-1     Document Type: Article

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