Sudden death due to undiagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia: A case report

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 311-314

  Sakai, Kentaro ^a   Takatsu, Akihiro ^a   Shigeta, Akio ^a   Abe, Shuntaro ^a   Ikegami, Masahiro ^a   Takagi, Keizo ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute promyelocytic leukemia; Cerebral hemorrhage; Hemorrhagic diathesis; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; SUDDEN DEATH; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DEATH, SUDDEN; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE;

EID: 34249018970     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-006-0106-x     Document Type: Article

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