Haemolytic staining of the intima of the aortic root - A useful pathological marker of freshwater drowning?

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 125-128

  Byard, Roger W ^a,b   Cains, Glenda ^a   Tsokos, Michael ^c  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aorta; Artefact; Drowning; Intima; Pulmonary artery; Putrefaction

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA INTIMA; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD STAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DROWNING; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RANDOMIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AUTOPSY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DROWNING; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRESH WATER; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STAINING AND LABELING; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 33645136003     PISSN: 13531131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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