Morphological and functional alterations in the adenohypophysis in cases of brain death

Legal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Ishikawa, Takaki ^a   Michiue, Tomomi ^a   Quan, Li ^a   Zhao, Dong ^a   Komatsu, Ayumi ^a   Bessho, Yasumori ^a   Maeda, Hitoshi ^a  

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

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Brain death; Growth hormone; Immunohistochemistry; Thyroid stimulating hormone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN NECROSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GOLGI COMPLEX; HEAD INJURY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STRANGULATION; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TIME OF DEATH;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; ASPHYXIA; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURIES; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GOLGI APPARATUS; GROWTH HORMONE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; NECROSIS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY HORMONES, ANTERIOR; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 67349225267     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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