Measurement of β-tryptase in postmortem serum in cardiac deaths

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-18

  Palmiere, Cristian ^a   Comment, Lionel ^a   Vilarino, Raquel ^a   Mangin, Patrice ^a   Reggiani Bonetti, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Coronary thrombosis; Mast cell; Myocardial infarction; Sudden death; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

BETA TRYPTASE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; TROPONIN I; TRYPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL ACTIVATION; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MAST CELL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; RESUSCITATION; SYSTEMIC MASTOCYTOSIS; THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TRYPTASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893781072     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: 18787487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2014.01.009     Document Type: Article

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