Histologic spectrum of the cardiac conducting tissue in non-natural deaths under 30 years of age: an analysis of 43 cases with special implications for sudden cardiac death

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 173-178

  Zack, Fred ^a   Rodewald, Ann Katrin ^a   Blaas, Verena ^a   Büttner, Andreas ^a  

^a ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomical variations; Cardiac conduction system; Cause of death; Diagnostic error; Histological findings

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOCYTES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954385066     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-015-1287-y     Document Type: Article

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