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Modified method of dental age estimation of Malay juveniles

Safar Sumit Bunyarit, Jayakumar Jayaraman, Murali K. Naidu, Rozaida Poh Yuen Ying, more

Legal Medicine > 2017 > 28 > C > 45-53

•Population data on a large sample of Malaysian juveniles utilized to develop a new method of dental age estimation.•Multi-Layer Perceptron - Artificial Neural Network (MLP-ANN) Analysis has been used to develop population specific maturity scores.•Strong correlation was observed between the chronological and dental age for Malay boys and girls.•The new method offers accurate estimation of age of...

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Postmortem diagnosis of sepsis: A preliminary immunohistochemical study with an anti-procalcitonin antibody

Aniello Maiese, Franca Del Nonno, Marco Dell'Aquila, Mario Moauro, more

Legal Medicine > 2017 > 28 > C > 1-5

•An anti-procalcitonin antibody for immunohistochemistry study.•Novel strategy for postmortem diagnosis of sepsis.•Procalcitonin immunohistochemical marker for postmortem diagnosis of sepsis.

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Early time-related course of image findings in postmortem MRI: Typical findings and observer agreement in a porcine model

Frank Oliver Henes, Marc Regier, Peter Bannas, Marlen Henker, more

Legal Medicine > 2017 > 28 > C > 15-21

To assess early time-related image findings in postmortem magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to evaluate observer agreement in a porcine model.Three pigs were examined by MRI at 15 different time points in the first 36h after death. Two observers independently recorded the postmortem interval (PMI) to the appearance of fluid collection (pleural space, interlobar and interlobular pulmonary fissures...

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Influence of hypo- and hyperthermia on death time estimation – A simulation study

H. Muggenthaler, M. Hubig, S. Schenkl, G. Mall

Legal Medicine > 2017 > 28 > C > 10-14

Numerous physiological and pathological mechanisms can cause elevated or lowered body core temperatures. Deviations from the physiological level of about 37°C can influence temperature based death time estimations. However, it has not been investigated by means of thermodynamics, to which extent hypo- and hyperthermia bias death time estimates.Using numerical simulation, the present study investigates...

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Age assessment in canine and premolar by cervical axial sections of cone-beam computed tomography

Hichem Nemsi, Nidhal Haj Salem, Ines Bouanene, Sami Ben Jomaa, more

Legal Medicine > 2017 > 28 > C > 31-36

Age estimation in adults is a challenge in both anthropological and forensic situations compared to sub-adults age estimation. The present study explored, for the first time, the cervical zone of single rooted teeth. The deposition of secondary dentin is responsible for a decrease in the volume of the dental pulp cavity with aging, and therefore is often used as an age indicator. The current study...

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Changes in illicit, licit and stimulant designer drug use patterns in South-East Hungary between 2008 and 2015

Zsófia Árok, Tamás Csesztregi, Éva Sija, Tibor Varga, more

Legal Medicine > 2017 > 28 > C > 37-44

The aim of this work is to present the changes in classical illicit and licit drug, as well as stimulant designer drug (SDD) consumption of suspected drug users in South-East Hungary between 2008 and 2015. Urine and/or blood samples of 2976 subjects were analyzed for these groups of substances of which 1777 (59.7%) were tested positive. THC was the most frequent (32.2%) substance, followed by classical...

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The importance of laboratory re-evaluation in cases of suspected child abuse – A case report

L. Woydt, C. König, M.K. Bernhard, P. Nickel, more

Legal Medicine > 2017 > 28 > C > 27-30

In order to accurately diagnose child abuse or neglect, a physician needs to be familiar with diseases and medical conditions that can simulate maltreatment. Unrecognized cases of abuse may lead to insufficient child protection, whereas, on the other hand, over-diagnosis could be the cause of various problems for the family and their potentially accused members.Regarding child abuse, numerous cases...

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Sudden perinatal death due to rupture of congenital cardiac diverticulum. Pathological findings and medico-legal investigations in malpractice charge

Matteo Marchesi, Michele Boracchi, Guendalina Gentile, Francesca Maghin, more

Legal Medicine > 2017 > 28 > C > 6-9

Congenital diverticula of the left ventricle, very rare malformations, are determined by an abnormal embryonic development of the ventricular wall and can be isolated or associated to other cardiac anomalies. In most of the cases, these pathologies are not symptomatic and in some patients can be associated to ventricular arrhythmia, cardiac rupture with tamponade and sudden death.Authors are presenting...

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Reducing of salivary α-amylase inhibition by using bovine serum albumin and calcium chloride for forensic saliva screening

Jun Ohta, Masako Ohmura

Legal Medicine > 2017 > 28 > C > 54-58

Inhibiting salivary α-amylase is a critical issue of forensic saliva identification using the catalytic method. This study aims to identify human α-amylase inhibitors in forensic saliva screening by using a blue starch amylase test and to measure the extent of enzyme inhibition. Thus, in order to demonstrate the presence of inhibitors, we prepared positively charged metal ion sources or chelators...

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Association between an indel polymorphism in the 3′UTR of COL1A2 and the risk of sudden cardiac death in Chinese populations

Zhixia Yin, Yadong Guo, Jianhua Zhang, Qing Zhang, more

Legal Medicine > 2017 > 28 > C > 22-26

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) describes the unexpected natural death from a cardiac cause within a short time period. Compelling evidence suggests the involvement of host genetic factors in SCD etiology. Identification of genetic variations predisposed to SCD enables genetic testing that may contribute to SCD diagnosis and risk stratification. Previous studies have suggested that dysregulation of pro-alpha2...

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ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA (1)
AGE ESTIMATION (1)
ANTI-PROCALCITONIN ANTIBODY (1)
AXIAL SECTION (1)
BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES (1)
CARDIAC CONGENITAL DIVERTICULUM OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE (1)
CARDIAC MALFORMATIONS (1)
COL1A2 (1)
CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (1)
DEATH TIME ESTIMATION (1)
DENTIN DEPOSITION (1)
FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION (1)
FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION (1)
FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY (1)
FORENSIC PATHOLOGY (1)
GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY (1)
HYPERTHERMIA (1)
HYPOTHERMIA (1)
ILLICIT DRUGS (1)
IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY (1)
INDEL POLYMORPHISM (1)
INHIBITION (1)
LEGAL MEDICINE (1)
MISDIAGNOSED CHILD ABUSE (1)
NON-ACCIDENTAL INJURY (1)
PETECHIAL HEMORRHAGE (1)
POSTMORTEM DIAGNOSIS (1)
PROCALCITONIN (1)
PULP/TOOTH AREA RATIO (1)
RS3917 (1)
SALIVA (1)
SALIVARY Α-AMYLASE (1)
SEIZURE DATA (1)
SEPSIS (1)
STIMULANT DESIGNER DRUGS (1)
SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH (1)
SUDDEN DEATH (1)
SUSPECTED DRUG USERS (1)
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