The diagnosis of fatal pulmonary fat embolism using quantitative morphometry and confocal laser scanning microscopy

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 204, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 259-266

  Turillazzi, Emanuela ^a   Riezzo, Irene ^a   Neri, Margherita ^a   Pomara, Cristoforo ^a   Cecchi, Rossana ^b   Fineschi, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Fat embolism; Fat embolism syndrome; Postmortem diagnosis; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAT EMBOLISM; FATALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORPHOMETRICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 40749083475     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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