Postmortem cytokine levels and severity of traumatic injuries

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 265-270

  Mimasaka, Sohtaro ^a   Ohtsu, Yuki ^a   Tsunenari, Shigeyuki ^a   Funayama, Masato ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Forensic pathology; Interleukin 6; Interleukin 8; Traumatic severity score

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWNING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEAD INJURY; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX INJURY; TRAUMATIC SHOCK; VOLUNTEER;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33747355488     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-006-0081-2     Document Type: Article

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