Temperature-Dependent Postmortem Changes in Human Cardiac Troponin-T (cTnT): An Approach in Estimation of Time Since Death

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue , 2016, Pages 241-245

  Kumar, Sachil ^a   Ali, Wahid ^a   Singh, Uma S ^a   Kumar, Ashutosh ^a   Bhattacharya, Sandeep ^a   Verma, Anoop K ^a   Rupani, Raja ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cardiac troponin T; Degradation; Forensic science; Postmortem interval; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

AUTOPSY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR;

AUTOPSY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84961877267     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12928     Document Type: Article

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