Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage and the COL3A1 gene: Emergence of a potential causal link

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-197

  Pickup, Michael J ^a,b   Pollanen, Michael S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Ontario Forensic Pathology Service   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homicide; Segmental arterial mediolysis; Segmental mediolytic arteriopathy; Vascular Ehlers Danlos syndrome; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

COL3A1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POINT MUTATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLLAGEN TYPE III; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC;

EID: 79955732854     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-010-9205-6     Document Type: Article

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