Postmortem 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the skeletal muscle: α-ATP/Pi ratio as a forensic tool?

Forensic Science International

Volumn 242, Issue , 2014, Pages 172-176

  Schmidt, Tony M ^a   Wang, Zhiyue J ^b   Keller, Sarah ^a   Heinemann, Axel ^a   Acar, Suzan ^a   Graessner, Joachim ^c   Schoennagel, Bjoern P ^a   Adam, Gerhard ^a   Fischer, Roland ^a,d   Yamamura, Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

31P MRS; Forensic; Magnetic resonance imaging; Postmortem; Spectroscopy; Time of death

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DRUG METABOLITE; PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHOSPHORUS;

ADDUCTOR MAGNUS MUSCLE; AGED; ALPHA ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE PHOSPHATE RATIO; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TIME OF DEATH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES;

EID: 84904762069     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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