Postmortem tandem mass spectrometry profiling for detection of infection in unexpected infant death

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 252-258

  Pryce, Jeremy W ^a,b   Weber, Martin A ^a   Heales, Simon ^a,b   Krywawych, Steve ^a   Ashworth, Michael T ^a   Klein, Nigel J ^b   Sebire, Neil J ^a,b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Infant death; Infection; Post mortem; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864916180     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-011-9308-8     Document Type: Article

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