Morphological analysis of astrocytes in the hippocampus in mechanical asphyxiation

Legal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 63-67

  Li, Dong Ri ^a,b   Ishikawa, Takaki ^a   Quan, Li ^a   Zhao, Dong ^a   Michiue, Tomomi ^a   Zhu, Bao Li ^a,c   Wang, Hui Jun ^b   Maeda, Hitoshi ^a  

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

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c China Medical University School of Forensic Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

Asphyxiation; Astrocyte; Forensic pathology; Hippocampus; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S100B;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL DENSITY; COMPRESSION; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; FACE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NECK; NERVE CELL; PETECHIA; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASPHYXIA; ASTROCYTES; AUTOPSY; CHINA; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; S100 PROTEINS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149145507     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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