Immunohistochemical characterisation and TNF-α expression of the granulomatous infiltration of the brainstem in a case of sudden death due to neurosarcoidosis

Forensic Science International

Volumn 208, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages

  D'Errico, S ^a   Bello, S ^a   Cantatore, S ^a   Neri, M ^a   Riezzo, I ^a   Turillazzi, E ^a   Fineschi, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Granulomas; Neurosarcoidosis; Sudden death; TNF

Indexed keywords

CD15 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; GRANULOMA; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SARCOIDOSIS; STOMACH PAIN; SUDDEN DEATH; TACHYCARDIA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 79955474790     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.01.021     Document Type: Article

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