Usefulness of serum mast cell-specific chymase levels for postmortem diagnosis of anaphylaxis

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 331-334

  Nishio, Hajime ^a   Takai, Shinji ^a   Miyazaki, Mizuo ^a   Horiuchi, Hidekazu ^b   Osawa, Motoki ^b   Uemura, Koichi ^c   Yoshida, Ken Ichi ^c   Mukaida, Masahiro ^d   Ueno, Yasuhiro ^e   Suzuki, Koichi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^e KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Chymase; Mast cell; Postmortem diagnosis; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHYMASES; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRYPTASES;

EID: 27744584776     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-005-0524-1     Document Type: Article

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