The analysis of hormones and enzymes extracted from endocrine glands of the neck region in deaths due to hanging

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-54

  Şenol, Ender ^a   Demirel, Birol ^b   Akar, Taner ^b   Gülbahar, Özlem ^c   Bakar, Coşkun ^d   Bukan, Neslihan ^c  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Forensic Medicine ^*  (Turkey)

^c GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hanging; Thyroglobulin; Thyroid hormones; Vital reaction

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CALCITONIN; ENZYME; LIOTHYRONINE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMYLASES; ASPHYXIA; CALCITONIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; PARATHYROID HORMONE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 67349118636     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e31815b4c80     Document Type: Article

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