The significance of β-APP immunoreactivity in forensic practice

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 304-313

  Reichard, R R ^a,b   Smith, Colin ^a,c   Graham, D I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APP; Diffuse traumatic axonal injury; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AXONAL INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 20044395487     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2005.00645.x     Document Type: Review

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