Pulmonary surfactant-associated protein A as a marker of respiratory distress in forensic pathology: Assessment of the immunohistochemical and biochemical findings

Legal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Maeda, Hitoshi ^a   Fujita, Masaki Q ^a   Zhu, Bao Li ^a   Ishida, Kaori ^a   Quan, Li ^a   Oritani, Shigeki ^a   Taniguchi, Mari ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asphyxiation; Blood biochemistry; Forensic pathology; Immunohistochemistry; Pulmonary surfactant associated protein A; Respiratory distress; RNA assay

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; METHAMPHETAMINE; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A1; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASPHYXIA; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DROWNING; FATALITY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTOXICATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX INJURY;

EID: 0037739842     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(02)00160-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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