Difference in molecular pathology of natriuretic peptides in the myocardium between acute asphyxial and cardiac deaths

Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 177-182

  Chen, Jian Hua ^a   Michiue, Tomomi ^a   Ishikawa, Takaki ^a   Maeda, Hitoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drowning; Forensic molecular pathology; Mechanical asphyxiation; Myocardium; Natriuretic peptide; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; FRESH WATER; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWNING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPHYXIA; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DROWNING; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84861344811     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2012.01.015     Document Type: Article

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