What is the best sample for determining the early postmortem period by on-the-spot flow cytometry analysis?

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 173-180

  Di Nunno, Nunzio ^a,d   Costantinides, Fulvio ^b   Cina, Stephen J ^c   Rizzardi, Clara ^b   Di Nunno, Cosimo ^a   Melato, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early post mortem period; Flow cytometry; Scene investigation; Thanatochronology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DEGRADATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SAMPLE; SPLEEN; TIME OF DEATH;

AUTOPSY; BLOOD CELLS; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LIVER; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036263565     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200206000-00013     Document Type: Article

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