Use of the histopathology in the differential diagnosis of drowning in fresh and salty water: An experimental model establishment in rats

Acta Cirurgica Brasileira

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 203-206

  Locali, Rafael Fagionato ^a   De Almeida, Marcos ^a   De Oliveira Júnior, Itamar Souza ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIFESP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis, Differential; Drowning; Macrophages, Alveolar; Rats

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALVEOLAR BONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DROWNING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRACHEA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROWNING; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRESH WATER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; SEAWATER; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 33746896667     PISSN: 01028650     EISSN: 16782674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-86502006000400003     Document Type: Article

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