Viability of Human Articular Chondrocytes Harvested Postmortem: Changes with Time and Temperature of In Vitro Culture Conditions

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 522-528

  Alibegović, Armin ^a   Balažic, Jože ^a   Petrovič, Danijel ^a   Hribar, Gorazd ^b   Blagus, Rok ^a   Drobnič, Matej ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Articular cartilage; Chondrocyte viability; Confocal laser scanning microscope; Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Knee; Time since death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHONDROCYTE VIABILITY; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; KNEE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TIME SINCE DEATH; YOUNG ADULT;

AMBIENT TEMPERATURE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CHONDROCYTE VIABILITY; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; KNEE; TIME SINCE DEATH;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897623246     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12330     Document Type: Article

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