Post-mortem biochemistry of vitreous humor and glucose metabolism: An update

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1265-1270

  Boulagnon, Camille ^a   Garnotel, Roselyne ^a   Fornes, Paul ^a   Gillery, Philippe ^a  

^a REIMS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

biochemistry; diabetes mellitus; forensics; glucose; post mortem; vitreous humor

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; FRUCTOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; KETONE BODY; LACTIC ACID;

AUTOPSY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NONKETOTIC DIABETIC COMA; POSTMORTEM BIOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THANATOCHEMISTRY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VITREOUS BODY;

FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRUCTOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM DISORDERS; HUMANS; KETONE BODIES; LACTATES; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 80051734155     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.638     Document Type: Review

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