Cardiac troponin T (cTn T) and the postmortem diagnosis of sudden death

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-177

  Khalifa, A Ben ^a,b   Najjar, M ^a   Addad, F ^a   Turki, E ^a   Mghirbi, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cardiac troponin; Myocardial infarction; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; VENOUS BLOOD;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TROPONIN T; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33748500567     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000221070.02753.6e     Document Type: Article

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