Heat-induced immunoreactivity of tau protein in neocortical neurons of fire fatalities

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 282-286

  Kibayashi, Kazuhiko ^a   Shojo, Hideki ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fire fatality; Immunohistochemistry; Neuron; Post mortem changes; Tau protein

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIRE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FIRES; HEATING; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0242365489     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-003-0386-3     Document Type: Article

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