Postmortem catecholamine levels in pericardial and cerebrospinal fluids with regard to the cause of death in medicolegal autopsy

Forensic Science International

Volumn 228, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 52-60

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

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

^b Medico legal Consultation and Postmortem Investigation Support Center   (Japan)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Cerebrospinal fluid; Forensic pathophysiology; Pericardial fluid; Physical stress; Postmortem biochemistry

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADRENALIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; ADRENALIN PERICARDIAL FLUID LEVEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATECHOLAMINE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CATECHOLAMINE PERICARDIAL FLUID LEVEL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; DOPAMINE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; DOPAMINE PERICARDIAL FLUID LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEUROTOXICITY; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORADRENALIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; NORADRENALIN PERICARDIAL FLUID LEVEL; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84876490502     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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