Axonal Injury in Young Pediatric Head Trauma: A Comparison Study of β-amyloid Precursor Protein (β-APP) Immunohistochemical Staining in Traumatic and Nontraumatic Deaths

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1198-1205

  Johnson, Michael W ^a,b   Stoll, Lisa ^c   Rubio, Ana ^b   Troncoso, Juan ^c   Pletnikova, Olga ^c   Fowler, David R ^b,d,e   Li, Ling ^b,d,e  

^a Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME)   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHINA UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LAW   (China)

Author keywords

Amyloid precursor protein; Autopsy; Axonal injury; Forensic science; Pediatric; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORONER; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAINING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; AXONS; BRAIN; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEURONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINING AND LABELING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 80052440699     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01814.x     Document Type: Article

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