Fatal postpartum spontaneous liver rupture: Case report and literature review

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 472-475

  Sutton, Bobbie Collett ^a,b   Dunn, S Terence ^a   Landrum, Jeff ^c   Mielke, Greg ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b South Bend Medical Foundation   (United States)

^c Elkhart Co Coroner   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Liver rupture; Postpartum; Pregnancy complication; Sudden death; Thrombophilia

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME;

ARTICLE; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMOPERITONEUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER RUPTURE; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMATOMA; HEMOPERITONEUM; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); NECROSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 41149083108     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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