Histological age determination of venous thrombosis: A neglected forensic task in fatal pulmonary thrombo-embolism

Forensic Science International

Volumn 186, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 22-28

  Fineschi, Vittorio ^a   Turillazzi, Emanuela ^a   Neri, Margherita ^a   Pomara, Cristoforo ^a   Riezzo, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Deep venous thrombosis; Histological age; Immunohistochemistry; Pulmonary embolism; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONOLOGY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DEEP CRURAL VEIN; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC VEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG VEIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOGENESIS; VEIN EMBOLISM; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VEIN WALL;

EID: 62549138718     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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