Evaluation of point-of-care testing of C-reactive protein in forensic autopsy cases

Forensic Science International

Volumn 237, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-29

  Soejima, Mikiko ^a   Koda, Yoshiro ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy cases; CRP; Point of care; Validation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TURBIDIMETRY; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PHOTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; LINEAR MODELS; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84894047553     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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