Hypoxic changes in Purkinje cells of the human cerebellum

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 175-183

  Hausmann, R ^a   Seidl, S ^a   Betz, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain hypoxia; Forensic medicine; Histomorphology; Purkinje cells

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TISSUE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL COUNT; CELL HYPOXIA; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RESUSCITATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOLYSIS; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURKINJE CELLS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249903318     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-006-0122-x     Document Type: Article

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