Issue 2/2016
Content (28 Articles)
Traditional medicines and species extinction: another side to forensic wildlife investigation
Roger W. Byard
Novel identification of biofluids using a multiplex methylation-specific PCR combined with single-base extension system
Yu-Chih Lin, Li-Chin Tsai, James Chun-I Lee, Kuo-Lan Liu, Jason Tze-Cheng Tzen, Adrian Linacre, Hsing-Mei Hsieh
Reliability of body size measurements obtained at autopsy: impact on the pathologic assessment of the heart
Carmen A. McCormack, Roberto Lo Gullo, Mannudeep K. Kalra, Abner Louissaint Jr., James R. Stone
Hyoid bone fusion and bone density across the lifespan: prediction of age and sex
Ellie Fisher, Diane Austin, Helen M. Werner, Ying Ji Chuang, Edward Bersu, Houri K. Vorperian
Sudden cardiac death while playing Australian Rules football: a retrospective 14 year review
Sarah Parsons, Matthew Lynch
Catecholamines and their O-methylated metabolites in vitreous humor in hypothermia cases
Tania Hervet, Grzegorz Teresiński, Petr Hejna, Emilienne Descloux, Eric Grouzmann, Cristian Palmiere
Unexpected fatal outcome of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair
Alžbeta Ginelliová, Daniel Farkaš, Silvia Farkašová Iannaccone, Vlasta Vyhnálková
Cardiac troponin T determination by a highly sensitive assay in postmortem serum and pericardial fluid
Lucas González-Herrera, Aurora Valenzuela, Valentín Ramos, Antonia Blázquez, Enrique Villanueva
Renal markers cystatin C and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) in postmortem samples
Terhi Keltanen, Anna-Mari Walta, Satu Salonen, Antti Sajantila, Katarina Lindroos
Classification of forensically-relevant larvae according to instar in a closely related species of carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Silphinae)
Katarzyna Frątczak, Szymon Matuszewski
How useful are ultraviolet, infrared, and narrow band light sources for enhancing occult bruises in cases of assault?
Kelly Olds, Roger W. Byard, Calle Winskog, Neil E. I. Langlois
Fatal bronchial obstruction due to a tumor fragment originating from the contralateral lung during pneumonectomy
Dejan Vuckovic, Dejan Ilincic, Nada Vuckovic
Omental adhesion, intestinal herniation, and unexpected death in the elderly
Mark Pilla, Roger W. Byard
Sudden death following endomyocardial biopsy of cardiac metastasis from malignant melanoma
Matthew J. Lynch, Sarah Parsons, Noel W. F. Woodford
Into the wax: forensic and anthropological analysis of human hairs in Merovingian and Carolingian royal seals (France)
Philippe Charlier, Marie-Adélaïde Nielen, Anaïs Augias, Agnès Prévost, Raphaël Weil, Britta McMullan-Weitzel
Do pathologists agree on how to diagnose takotsubo cardiomyopathy?
Paolo Angelini
Post-mortem Takotsubo cardiomyopathy diagnosis: the challenge is open!
Francesca Indorato, Giovanni Bartoloni
An Association of Hippocampal Malformations and Sudden Death? We Need More Data
Michael J. Ackerman, Thomas A. Andrew, Andrew M. Baker, Orrin Devinsky, James Claude Upshaw Downs, Thomas Keens, Joanne Kuntz, Peter Lin, Kelly C. Lear-Kaul, Ross Reichard, Deborah A. Robinson
Response to Letter to the Editor from Ackerman MJ, et al.
Marco M. Hefti, Hannah C. Kinney, Jane B. Cryan, Elizabeth A. Haas, Amy E. Chadwick, Felicia L. Trachtenberg, Dawna D. Armstrong, Marjorie Grafe, Henry F. Krous
More on the strength of evidence in forensic pathology
Marijke Buiskool, Hubert G. T. Nijs, Wouter A. Karst, Charles E. H. Berger