Sudden death due to a haemoglobin variant

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-97

  Bock, H ^a   Seidl, S ^a   Hausmann, R ^a   Betz, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forensic pathology; Sickle cell trait; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN S; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPILEPSY; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; DEATH, SUDDEN; HUMANS; MALE; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 2442557347     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-003-0412-5     Document Type: Article

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