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International Journal of Legal Medicine

Issue 5/2015

Content (37 Articles)

Original Article

Length heteroplasmy of the polyC-polyT-polyC stretch in the dog mtDNA control region

Sophie Verscheure, Thierry Backeljau, Stijn Desmyter

Original Article

Genetic polymorphism of ten MiniSTR loci in the population of Punjab Pakistan for forensic application

Muhammad Shafique, Muhammad Saqib Shahzad, Muhammad Adnan Shan, Azam Ali, Ziaur Rahman, Tayyab Husnain

Open Access Original Article

Estimation of human age using N-glycan profiles from bloodstains

Ivan Gudelj, Toma Keser, Frano Vučković, Vedrana Škaro, Sandra Šupraha Goreta, Tamara Pavić, Jerka Dumić, Dragan Primorac, Gordan Lauc, Olga Gornik

Original Article

Exploration of SNP variants affecting hair colour prediction in Europeans

Jens Söchtig, Chris Phillips, Olalla Maroñas, Antonio Gómez-Tato, Raquel Cruz, Jose Alvarez-Dios, María-Ángeles Casares de Cal, Yarimar Ruiz, Kristian Reich, Manuel Fondevila, Ángel Carracedo, María V. Lareu

Original Article

Polymorphisms in genes of respiratory control and sudden infant death syndrome

Katharina Läer, Thilo Dörk, Marielle Vennemann, Thomas Rothämel, Michael Klintschar

Short Communication

That’s not it, either-neither polymorphisms in PHOX2B nor in MIF are involved in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

Micaela Poetsch, Rebecca Todt, Mechtild Vennemann, Thomas Bajanowski

Population Data

Genetic polymorphism of 15 STR loci in El Salvador

Pablo Muñoz, Eugenia Leticia Pinto de Erazo, Carlos Baeza, Eduardo Arroyo-Pardo, Ana Maria López-Parra

Population Data

Population genetic data for 17 autosomal STR markers in the Hani population from China

Ying Huang, Jinyong Yao, Jing Li, Jingtao Wen, Xiaokun Yuan, Bingying Xu

Original Article

Driving under the influence of synthetic phenethylamines: a case series

Alexandra Maas, Cornelia Wippich, Burkhard Madea, Cornelius Hess

Original Article

Influence of Gilbert’s syndrome on the formation of ethyl glucuronide

Laura M. Huppertz, Leonie Gunsilius, Christelle Lardi, Wolfgang Weinmann, Annette Thierauf-Emberger

Original Article

Differences between male and female cyclists’ performances under the acute influence of alcohol

Benno Hartung, Stefanie Ritz-Timme, Holger Schwender, Nona Mindiashvili, Thomas Daldrup

Original Article

Immunohistochemical detection of intrathrombotic IL-6 and its application to thrombus age estimation

Mizuho Nosaka, Yuko Ishida, Akihiko Kimura, Mizuki Hama, Takashi Kawaguchi, Hiroki Yamamoto, Yumi Kuninaka, Emi Shimada, Toshikazu Kondo

Original Article

The ‘triple contrast’ method in experimental wound ballistics and backspatter analysis

Christian Schyma, Constantin Lux, Burkhard Madea, Cornelius Courts

Original Article

Traumatic injuries after mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation (LUCAS™2): a forensic autopsy study

Christelle Lardi, Coraline Egger, Robert Larribau, Marc Niquille, Patrice Mangin, Tony Fracasso

Original Article

Immunohistochemical analysis on MMP-2 and MMP-9 for wound age determination

Yuko Ishida, Yumi Kuninaka, Mizuho Nosaka, Akihiko Kimura, Takashi Kawaguchi, Mizuki Hama, Shoichi Sakamoto, Kouhei Shinozaki, Wolfgang Eisenmenger, Toshikazu Kondo

Original Article

Detection of endothelial progenitor cells in human skin wounds and its application for wound age determination

Yuko Ishida, Akihiko Kimura, Mizuho Nosaka, Yumi Kuninaka, Emi Shimada, Hiroki Yamamoto, Kosuke Nishiyama, Shogo Inaka, Tatsunori Takayasu, Wolfgang Eisenmenger, Toshikazu Kondo

Original Article

Pathomorphological and CT-angiographical characteristics of coronary atherosclerotic plaques in cases of sudden cardiac death

Katarzyna Michaud, Silke Grabherr, Mohamed Faouzi, Jochen Grimm, Francesco Doenz, Patrice Mangin

Original Article

Postmortem serum protein growth arrest-specific 6 levels in sepsis-related deaths

Cristian Palmiere, Marc Augsburger

Original Article

Two different immunostaining patterns of beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP) may distinguish traumatic from nontraumatic axonal injury

Takahito Hayashi, Kazutoshi Ago, Takuma Nakamae, Eri Higo, Mamoru Ogata

Short Communication

Rate of deaths due to child abuse and neglect in children 0–3 years of age in Germany

Sibylle Banaschak, Katharina Janßen, Babette Schulte, Markus A. Rothschild

Case Report

Fatal sepsis by Klebsiella pneumoniae in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: the importance of postmortem microbiological examination for the ex post diagnosis of infection

Cristian D’Ovidio, Arianna Pompilio, Valentina Crocetta, Giovanni Gherardi, Aldo Carnevale, Giovanni Di Bonaventura

Case Report

Traumatic asphyxia—fatal accident in an automatic revolving door

J. Cortis, J. Falk, M. A. Rothschild

Letter to the Editor

Traumatic asphyxia in the young

Roger W. Byard

Letter to the Editor

Response to Byard’s letter “traumatic asphyxia in the young”

Judith Cortis, M. A. Rothschild

Original Article

Ventilated postmortem computed tomography in children: feasibility and initial experience

Owen J Arthurs, Anna Guy, Liina Kiho, Neil J Sebire

Original Article

Body weight estimation based on postmortem CT data—validation of a multiplication factor

C. Jackowski, N. Schwendener, J. Zeyer-Brunner, C. Schyma

Original Article

Postmortem quantitative 1.5-T MRI for the differentiation and characterization of serous fluids, blood, CSF, and putrefied CSF

Wolf-Dieter Zech, Nicole Schwendener, Anders Persson, Marcel J. Warntjes, Fabiano Riva, Frederick Schuster, Christian Jackowski

Original Article

Estimation of the pre-burning condition of human remains in forensic contexts

D. Gonçalves, E. Cunha, T. J. U. Thompson

Original Article

AncesTrees: ancestry estimation with randomized decision trees

David Navega, Catarina Coelho, Ricardo Vicente, Maria Teresa Ferreira, Sofia Wasterlain, Eugénia Cunha

Original Article

Effect of temperature on development of the blowfly, Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Zanthé Kotzé, Martin H. Villet, Christopher W. Weldon

Original Article

Virtual CT morphometry of lower limb long bones for estimation of the sex and stature using postmortem Japanese adult data in forensic identification

Asmaa Mohammed Hishmat, Tomomi Michiue, Nozomi Sogawa, Shigeki Oritani, Takaki Ishikawa, Irene Atef Fawzy, Mohamed Abdel Mohsen Hashem, Hitoshi Maeda

Erratum

Erratum to: Genetic and toxicologic investigation of Sudden Cardiac Death in a patient with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) under cocaine and alcohol effects

Francesca Cittadini, Nadia De Giovanni, Mireia Alcalde, Sara Partemi, Arnaldo Carbone, Oscar Campuzano, Ramon Brugada, Antonio Oliva