Sudden death, especially in infancy - improvement of diagnoses by biochemistry, immunohistochemistry and molecular pathology

Legal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Madea, Burkhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Immunohistochemistry; Molecular pathology; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

TRAMADOL;

AUTOPSY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG METABOLISM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANCY; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; LEUKOCYTE; MORPHOLOGY; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TOXICOLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

ADULT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DNA, VIRAL; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LACTIC ACID; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; REFERENCE VALUES; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 65749118158     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.01.111     Document Type: Review

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