Postmortem identification of hyperglycemia

Forensic Science International

Volumn 185, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 89-95

  Zilg, B ^a   Alkass, K ^a   Berg, S ^b   Druid, H ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glucose; Hyperglycemia; Lactate; Postmortem; Vitreous

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CADAVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 60349083284     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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