Brain biomarkers for identifying excited delirium as a cause of sudden death

Forensic Science International

Volumn 190, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages

  Mash, Deborah C ^a   Duque, Linda ^a   Pablo, John ^a   Qin, Yujing ^a   Adi, Nikhil ^a   Hearn, W Lee ^b   Hyma, Bruce A ^b   Karch, Steven B ^c   Druid, Henrik ^d   Wetli, Charles V ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Miami Dade Medical Examiner Department   (United States)

^c Karolinska Institute ^*  (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e Division of Medical Legal Investigations and Forensic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS; Cocaine; Dopamine; Exhaustive mania; Heat shock protein 70; Transporter

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COCAINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DELIRIUM; EXCITED DELIRIUM SYNDROME; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VICTIM;

EID: 67651004297     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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