Pseudolaminar necrosis in cyanide intoxication: A neuropathology case report

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-191

  Riudavets, Miguel Angel ^a   Aronica Pollak, Patricia ^b   Troncoso, Juan C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Cyanide; Ischemia; Laminar necrosis; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CYANIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; CYANIDE POISONING; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NECROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; SKIN ABSORPTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; APOPTOSIS; BEVERAGES; BRAIN; COMA; CYANATES; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; MALE; NECROSIS; NEURONS;

EID: 19544379350     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000160680.08769.54     Document Type: Article

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