Inflammatory reaction patterns of the lung as a response to alveolar hypoxia and their significance for the diagnosis of asphyxiation

Providing evidence of asphyxia death is a challenging issue in forensic pathology. Besides helpful macroscopical signs (e.g. strangulation mark, lung edema), recent data from literature indicate that the time of protracted asphyxia suffices to trigger an increase of giant cells and a migration of in...

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Main Authors: Gutjahr, Ewgenija (Author) , Madea, Burkhard (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 23 February 2019
In: Forensic science international
Year: 2019, Volume: 297, Pages: 315-325
ISSN:1872-6283
DOI:10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.02.026
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.02.026
Verlag: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379073818308442
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Author Notes:Ewgenija Gutjahr, Burkhard Madea

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