Postmortem diagnosis of sepsis

Forensic Science International

Volumn 165, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 155-164

  Tsokos, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion molecules; E selectin; Endothelium; Interleukins; Procalcitonin; Sepsis; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LACTOFERRIN; PROCALCITONIN; VASCULOTROPIN; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 4;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL INTERACTION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FATALITY; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG INJURY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TIME OF DEATH;

EID: 33846060242     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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