An autopsy case of acute carbon monoxide poisoning after a long-term vegetative state

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 341-343

  Sato, Hiroaki ^a   Tanaka, Toshiko ^a   Kasai, Kentaro ^a   Tanaka, Noriyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

carbon monoxide poisoning; hypoxic ischemic leukoencephalopathy; stagnant hypoxia; vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FIRE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GLIA; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; PATHOLOGY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; TIME;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; FEMALE; FIRES; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; NEUROGLIA; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870319056     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318273b823     Document Type: Article

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