High thyroglobulin (Tg) concentrations in fatal traumatic brain injuries

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 280-282

  Dressler, J ^a,b   Mueller, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Necrosis of pituitary gland; Thyroglobulin; Thyroid gland; Traumatic brain injury; TSH

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NECROSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID DISEASE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PITUITARY GLAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 33748264368     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000221049.43363.99     Document Type: Article

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