Postmortem serum levels of amylase and gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) as markers of systemic tissue damage in forensic autopsy

Legal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 79-84

  Michiue, Tomomi ^a   Ishikawa, Takaki ^a   Kawamoto, Osamu ^a   Chen, Jian Hua ^a   Wang, Qi ^a   Zhu, Bao Li ^a,b   Maeda, Hitoshi ^a  

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

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amylase; Forensic biochemistry; Gamma glutamyl transferase; Multiple organ dysfunction; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLD EXPOSURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DECOMPOSITION; DETERIORATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DROWNING; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIRE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INTOXICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PANCREAS; SALIVA; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TISSUE INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLASES; ASPHYXIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DROWNING; FEMALE; FIRES; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEAT STROKE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PANCREATIC DISEASES; POISONING; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873570474     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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