Hemolytic staining of the intima of the aortic root in freshwater drowning: A retrospective study

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 128-130

  Tsokos, Michael ^a,b   Cains, Glenda ^c   Byard, Roger W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Forensic Science ^*  (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aortic root; Freshwater drowning; Hemolytic staining

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA INTIMA; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIVER; SCHOOL CHILD; STAINING; SWIMMING POOL; AORTA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMOLYSIS; INTIMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRESH WATER; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 45149117901     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318173efed     Document Type: Article

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