Immunohistochemical surfactant protein-A expression: Fatal drowning vs. postmortem immersion

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 413-415

  Stemberga, Valter ^a   Stifter, Sanja ^a   Cuculić, Dražen ^a   Čoklo, Miran ^a   Bosnar, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; DROWNING; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; TIME OF DEATH; WATER IMMERSION;

DROWNING; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN A;

EID: 60449110108     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.11.024     Document Type: Article

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