Quantitative analysis of GFAP- and S100 protein-immunopositive astrocytes to investigate the severity of traumatic brain injury

Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 84-92

  Li, Dong Ri ^a,b   Zhang, Fu ^a   Wang, Yao ^a   Tan, Xiao Hui ^a   Qiao, Dong Fang ^a   Wang, Hui Jun ^a   Michiue, Tomomi ^b   Maeda, Hitoshi ^b  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Brain injury; Forensic pathology; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Immunohistochemistry; S100 protein

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE HILUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL TIME; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN INJURIES; CELL COUNT; CHILD; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; S100 PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862814212     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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