Evaluation of postmortem serum and cerebrospinal fluid levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone with special regard to fatal hypothermia

Abstract The aim of the present study was to undertake, during routine forensic work, a comprehensive analysis of the serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and to examine hypophyseal TSH immunopositivity in relation to the cause of death, with particular reg...

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Published in:Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) Japan), 2009-04, Vol.11, p.S228-S230
Main Authors: Ishikawa, Takaki, Michiue, Tomomi, Zhao, Dong, Komatsu, Ayumi, Azuma, Yoko, Quan, Li, Hamel, Marianne, Maeda, Hitoshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Fires
Forensic Pathology
Humans
Hypothermia
Hypothermia - blood
Hypothermia - cerebrospinal fluid
Immunoassay
Immunohistochemistry
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Internal Medicine
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Ischemia - blood
Myocardial Ischemia - cerebrospinal fluid
Pituitary Gland, Anterior - metabolism
Thyroid-stimulating hormone
Thyrotropin - blood
Thyrotropin - cerebrospinal fluid
Wounds and Injuries - blood
Wounds and Injuries - cerebrospinal fluid
Young Adult
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Summary:Abstract The aim of the present study was to undertake, during routine forensic work, a comprehensive analysis of the serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and to examine hypophyseal TSH immunopositivity in relation to the cause of death, with particular regard to fatal hypothermia. Medicolegal autopsy cases ( n = 120; within 48 h postmortem; survival time,
ISSN:1344-6223
1873-4162
DOI:10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.02.049