A fatal case of amniotic fluid embolism with elevation of serum mast cell tryptase

Forensic Science International

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-56

  Nishio, Hajime ^a   Matsui, Kiyoshi ^a   Miyazaki, Tokiko ^a   Tamura, Akiyoshi ^a   Iwata, Misa ^a   Suzuki, Koichi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid embolism; Anaphylaxis; Mast cell tryptase; Postmortem diagnosis

Indexed keywords

TRYPTASE;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EDEMA; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037187783     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00034-8     Document Type: Article

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