Postmortem vitreous humor β-hydroxybutyrate: Its utility for the postmortem interpretation of diabetes mellitus

Forensic Science International

Volumn 153, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 189-195

  Osuna, Eduardo ^a   Vivero, Guillermo ^b   Conejero, Josefa ^c   Abenza, José M ^c   Martínez, Pedro ^d   Luna, Aurelio ^a   Pérez Cárceles, María D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Hospital Virgen del Rosell   (Spain)

^c Institute of Forensic Medicine   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Fructosamine; Ketoacidosis; Postmortem; Vitreous humor; Hydroxybutyrate

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KETOACIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDDEN DEATH; TISSUE LEVEL; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 24044432910     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.09.105     Document Type: Article

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