Cartilage: A new parameter for the determination of the postmortem interval?

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-45

  Alibegović, Armin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Chondrocytes viability; Compartment; Forensic pathology; In vitro study; Postmortem interval

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; PROTEOGLYCAN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; WATER;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENT; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL VIABILITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; POSTMORTEM INTERVAL DETERMINATION; REVIEW; BODY WATER; CELL SURVIVAL; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; AUTOPSY; CARTILAGE; ELASTIC CARTILAGE; HYALINE CARTILAGE; POSTMORTEM INTERVAL; TIME OF DEATH;

BODY WATER; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL SURVIVAL; CHONDROCYTES; COLLAGEN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PROTEOGLYCANS;

EID: 84906854573     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: 18787487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2014.08.005     Document Type: Review

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