The postmortem distribution of ketone bodies between blood, vitreous humor, spinal fluid, and urine

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 100-107

  Felby, Søren ^a   Nielsen, Erik ^b   Thomsen, Jørgen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood; Ketone bodies; Metabolism; Postmortem distribution; Spinal fluid; Urine; Vitreous humor

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETOACETIC ACID; ACETOACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; VITREOUS BODY;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETOACETATES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 56749164898     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-007-9018-4     Document Type: Article

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