Amniotic fluid embolism with involvement of the brain, lungs, adrenal glands, and heart

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-169

  Balazic J ^a   Rott, T ^a   Jancigaj T ^a   Popovic M ^a   Zajfert Slabe, M ^b   Svigelj V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid embolism; Anaphylactoid syndrome of pregnancy; Interstitial eosinophilic myocarditis; Systemic amniotic fluid embolisms

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037786748     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-003-0368-5     Document Type: Article

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