Quantitative diagnosis of lymphocytic myocarditis in forensic medicine

Forensic Science International

Volumn 238, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-15

  Nielsen, Trine Skov ^a,b   Nyengaard, Jens Randel ^d   Møller, Jesper ^a   Banner, Jytte ^b,c   Nielsen, Lars Peter ^e   Baandrup, Ulrik Thorngren ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Forensic pathology; Immunohistochemistry; Lymphocytic myocarditis; Quantitative microscopy

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DALLAS CRITERIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTIC MYOCARDITIS; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MYOCARDITIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896101872     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.02.012     Document Type: Article

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