Postmortem mRNA quantification for investigation of infantile death: A comparison with adult cases

Legal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Zhao, Dong ^a   Ishikawa, Takaki ^a   Quan, Li ^a   Michiue, Tomomi ^a   Yoshida, Chiemi ^a   Komatu, Ayumi ^a   Chen, Jian Hua ^a   Wang, Qi ^a   Zhu, Bao Li ^a,b   Maeda, Hitoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Forensic pathology; Glucose transporter 1; Lung; Quantitative mRNA analysis; Skeletal muscle; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPHYXIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 1; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RNA, MESSENGER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 67349108322     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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