Postmortem diagnostics of assumed food anaphylaxis in an unexpected death

Forensic Science International

Volumn 198, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages

  Unkrig, S ^a   Hagemeier, L ^a   Madea, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Anti tryptase; Unexpected death

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MORPHINE; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; COLLAPSE; DEATH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SUDDEN DEATH; TOXICOLOGY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 77952291310     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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