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A Fatal Case Involving N-Ethyldeschloroketamine (2-Oxo-PCE) and Venlafaxine

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

A case of survived compression of the thorax by kneeling on it--"burking"?

scientific article

A series of hospital homicides

scientific article published on 28 February 2009

Acute pancreatitis presenting as sudden, unexpected death: an autopsy-based study of 27 cases

scientific article published on September 2007

Adult human liver contains intermediate-type proteasomes with different enzymatic properties

scientific article

Age-dependent histoarchitectural changes in human lymph nodes: an underestimated process with clinical relevance?

scientific article published on 19 March 2010

An analysis of the pathological features of hypothermia based on two geographically separate populations

An approach to the evaluation of fatal hypothermia

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

An unusual mechanism for patterned bruising in a fatal fall from a building

scientific article published on 21 March 2014

An unusual skin lesion derived from postmortem ecchymoses in a donor skin graft site.

scientific article published on 6 October 2012

An unusual skin lesion due to confluent postmortem ecchymoses in keloid scars

scientific article

Animal and Human Bite Wounds

scientific article published on June 2015

Another fatal case related to the recreational abuse of U-47700

scientific article published on 18 September 2018

Anthropological analysis of extensive rodent gnaw marks on a human skull using post-mortem multislice computed tomography (pmMSCT).

scientific article published on 29 July 2012

Anticoagulant-related iliopsoas muscle bleeding leading to fatal exsanguination: report of two autopsy cases

scientific article published in December 2002

Antimicrobial peptides are expressed and produced in healthy and inflamed human synovial membranes

scientific article (publication date: November 2002)

Articular cartilage chondrocytes express aromatase and use enzymes involved in estrogen metabolism

scientific article

Association between apoptotis and CD4(+)/CD8(+) T-lymphocyte ratio in aseptic loosening after total hip replacement

scientific article published on 03 February 2009

Atypical gunshot entry wound ⬇️

scientific article published on May 24, 2012

Atypical injury pattern of a pedestrian run over by an unimog in the epigastric region

scientific article published in January 2007

Autopsy-based assessment of extent and type of osteomyelitis in advanced-grade sacral decubitus ulcers: a histopathologic study

scientific article published in December 2003

Avulsion of the distal tibial shaft in aircraft crashes: a pathological feature of extreme decelerative injury

scientific article published on 01 December 2006

Black esophagus

scientific article published on 06 February 2011

Black powder handgun deaths remain an uncommon event

scientific article published on December 2009

Black thyroid: report of an autopsy case

scientific article

Bowel wall hemorrhage after death by hanging ⬇️

scientific article published on January 11, 2011

Brain abscess complicating drug abuse ⬇️

scientific article published on June 15, 2012

Calcified myocardial necrosis in pediatric patients after cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

scientific article published on 22 December 2012

Central pontine myelinolysis

article from 2015

Child starvation and neglect: a report of two fatal cases

scientific article published on 11 November 2011

Circumstantial and toxicological features of deaths from self-administered intravenous anesthetic/narcotic agents ⬇️

scientific article published on August 28, 2012

Clinical diagnosis versus autopsy findings in polytrauma fatalities ⬇️

scientific article published on October 26, 2010

Clinical forensic aspects of self-inflicted neck injuries.

scientific article published in March 2018

Coma blisters in a case of fatal theophylline intoxication

scientific article published in September 2002

Combined use of liquid chromatography-hybrid quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC-QTOF-MS) and high performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array detector (HPLC-DAD) in systematic toxicological analysis

scientific article

Complete post-mortem decapitation in suicidal hanging ⬇️

scientific article published on February 17, 2012

Complex fracture patterns in hanging associated with a fall from height

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

Could the Shroud of Turin be an effect of post-mortem changes?

scientific article

Death due to ingestion of nicotine-containing solution: case report and review of the literature

scientific article published on December 2009

Death on a sauna stove

scientific article published in September 2007

Death scene investigation and autopsy proceedings in identifying the victims of the terror attack on the Breitscheidplatz in Berlin 19th December 2016

scientific article published on 31 July 2020

Detecting alcohol abuse: traditional blood alcohol markers compared to ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs) measurement in hair.

scientific article published on 17 March 2013

Detection and localization of the hydrophobic surfactant proteins B and C in human tear fluid and the human lacrimal system

scientific article published on 01 November 2007

Detection and quantification of synthetic cathinones and selected piperazines in hair by LC-MS/MS

scientific article published on 18 December 2019

Diagnostic criteria for cutaneous injuries in child abuse: classification, findings, and interpretation

scientific article published on 15 March 2015

Differential diagnosis on discolorations of the skin in a case of suspected positional asphyxia

scientific article published on 19 June 2019

Distribution of mucins and antimicrobial substances lysozyme and lactoferrin in the laryngeal subglottic region

scientific article published on 22 July 2008

Drowning, haemodilution, haemolysis and staining of the intima of the aortic root-- preliminary observations

scientific article published on 20 February 2006

ERCC1 expression in aseptic loosening after total hip replacement

scientific article published in February 2010

Electrically-induced heat amputation of the hand in a case of fatal electric shock caused by a faulty table lamp

scientific article

Emergency medicine techniques and the forensic autopsy ⬇️

scientific article published on 08 August 2012

Evaluation of surfactant proteins A, B, C, and D in articular cartilage, synovial membrane and synovial fluid of healthy as well as patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Examination of postmortem animal interference to human remains using cross-species multiplex PCR

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Examples of tramline bruises in clinical forensic medicine

scientific article

Expression of VEGF121 and VEGF165 in hypertrophic chondrocytes of the human growth plate and epiphyseal cartilage

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Expression of VEGFR-1 and VEGFR-2 in degenerative Achilles tendons.

scientific article

Extensive and mutilating craniofacial trauma involving defleshing and decapitation: unusual features of fatal dog attacks in the young.

scientific article published in June 2007

Extensive electrical injuries with opening of the chest wall due to arcing of high-voltage current ⬇️

scientific article published on 04 August 2011

Extrinsic and intrinsic pathways of apoptosis in aseptic loosening after total hip replacement

scientific article published on 19 May 2008

Fatal Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome due to Ewingella americana infection

scientific article published on 01 March 2003

Fatal bleeding from major femoral vessels: three case reports

scientific article published on 02 February 2007

Fatal hypernatremia after using salt as an emetic--report of three autopsy cases

scientific article

Fatal intraabdominal bleeding from ectopic varices: report of two autopsy cases ⬇️

scientific article published on March 2, 2012

Fatal positional asphyxia ⬇️

scientific article published on May 12, 2012

Fatal pyomyositis: a report of 8 autopsy cases

scientific article published in June 2008

Fatal sodium chloride intoxication--case report and review of the literature

scientific article published on July 1, 2010

Fatal spontaneous subdural bleeding due to neonatal giant cell hepatitis: a rare differential diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome ⬇️

scientific article published on February 18, 2011

Fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs) as markers for alcohol in meconium: method validation and implementation of a screening program for prenatal drug exposure.

scientific article published on 5 November 2012

Forensic issues in cases of Diogenes syndrome

scientific article published in June 2007

Forensic publishing.

scientific article published on 26 November 2014

Frequent and rare complications of resuscitation attempts

scientific article published on 20 September 2008

Further comment on abnormally pigmented organs presenting at autopsy

scientific article published in April 2002

Gastric mucosal lacerations in drowning: resuscitation artifact or sign of death by drowning ("Sehrt's sign")?

scientific article published on 13 January 2015

Haemolytic staining of the intima of the aortic root-- a useful pathological marker of freshwater drowning?

scientific article published on 10 March 2006

Haemorrhages into the back and auxiliary breathing muscles after death by hanging ⬇️

scientific article published on September 21, 2011

Hair analysis in the detection of long-term use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and its relation to gastrointestinal hemorrhage: an examination of 268 hair and blood samples from autopsy cases

scientific article

Heat-induced post-mortem defect of the skull simulating an exit gunshot wound of the calvarium

scientific article

Hemolytic staining of the intima of the aortic root in freshwater drowning: a retrospective study

scientific article published on 01 June 2008

High-frequency ultrasound confirmation of positional plagiocephaly

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Histologic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural findings in human blast lung injury

scientific article published on 3 July 2003

Histological and immunohistochemical study of Wischnewsky spots in fatal hypothermia

scientific article published on 01 March 2006

Honor crimes: review and proposed definition

scientific article published on 15 June 2013

Human Synovia Contains Trefoil Factor Family (TFF) Peptides 1-3 Although Synovial Membrane Only Produces TFF3: Implications in Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis

scientific article published on 03 December 2019

Iliopsoas muscle bleeding as a complication of septic disseminated intravascular coagulation ⬇️

scientific article published on May 13, 2003

Immune cell profile in infants’ lung tissue

scientific article published on 25 June 2013

Immunohistochemical detection of CCR2 and CX3CR1 in sepsis-induced lung injury

scientific article published on 04 September 2009

Immunohistochemical detection of sepsis-induced lung injury in human autopsy material

scientific article

Immunohistochemical expression of tumor necrosis factor-α in sepsis-induced lung injury

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

In memoriam of Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Otto Prokop, MD

Internal patterned injuries in trauma.

scientific article published on 13 February 2018

Irregular RNA splicing curtails postsynaptic gephyrin in the cornu ammonis of patients with epilepsy.

scientific article published on 10 November 2010

Isolated peliosis of the spleen: report of 2 autopsy cases

scientific article published on 01 September 2004

Issues in the diagnosis of hypothermia: a comparison of two geographically separate populations

scientific article published on 08 December 2013

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy associated lethal hemorrhage.

scientific article published on January 2007

Lower motor neuron loss in multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

scientific article published in September 2009

Mallory-Weiss syndrome as the cause of sudden, unexpected death

scientific article published in January 2002

Massive, fatal aspiration of blood: not necessarily a result of trauma.

scientific article published in March 2007

Maternal and pregnancy-related death: causes and frequencies in an autopsy study population

scientific article

Mechanical factors influence the expression of endostatin--an inhibitor of angiogenesis--in tendons

scientific journal article

Medico-legal aspects of pressure sores

scientific article published on 01 March 2003

Megaesophagus and possible mechanisms of sudden death

scientific article published on 10 November 2008

Methadone and illegal drugs in hair from children with parents in maintenance treatment or suspected for drug abuse in a German community

scientific article

Morphometrical, histopathological, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural findings in human pulmonary tissue destruction following penetrating low-velocity firearm injuries to the lungs

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

Multidrug poisoning involving nicotine and tramadol

scientific article published on 21 October 2009

Multidrug-related leukocytoclastic vasculitis raising suspicion of sexual homicide-things are not always what they seem

scientific article published on 10 May 2015

Multiple injuries in suicide simulating homicide: report of three cases

scientific article

Murder-suicide by carbon dioxide (CO2) poisoning: a family case from Berlin, Germany

scientific article

Nails are a potential alternative matrix to hair for drug analysis in general unknown screenings by liquid-chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry

scientific article

Necrotizing fasciitis with fatal outcome: a report of two cases ⬇️

scientific article published on December 19, 2010

Occult hemispherectomy: an unusual finding at autopsy

scientific article published on 30 June 2012

Origin of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19

scientific article published on 26 October 2020

Over-expression of p53/BAK in aseptic loosening after total hip replacement.

scientific article

Overall Distribution of Trauma‐related Deaths in Berlin 2010: Advancement or Stagnation of German Trauma Management? ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2012

Pancreas and liver injury are associated in individuals with increased alcohol consumption.

scientific article published on 26 June 2009

Pathologic features of fatal falls from height

scientific article published on September 2004

Pathology of fatal traumatic and nontraumatic clostridial gas gangrene: a histopathological, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study of six autopsy cases

scientific article published on 17 March 2007

Pathology of peliosis

scientific article

Phenprocoumon poisonings.

scientific article published in April 2009

Post-mortem evidence of doxylamine in toxicological analyses

scientific article published on 16 November 2013

Postmortem Fetal Extrusion in a Case of Maternal Heroin Intoxication

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

Postmortem bone marrow analysis in forensic science: study of 73 cases and review of the literature.

scientific article

Postmortem diagnosis of sepsis

scientific article published on 19 June 2006

Postmortem measurement of serum procalcitonin concentration in Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome

scientific article published on 01 December 2002

Postmortem multislice computed tomography (pmMSCT) imaging of hangman's fracture

scientific article

Preventive pathology: the interface of forensic medicine and trauma surgery for pre-hospital trauma management.

scientific article published on 4 September 2014

Prognostic value of mucins in the classification of ampullary carcinomas

scientific article

Proof of live birth using postmortem multislice computed tomography (pmMSCT) in cases of suspected neonaticide: advantages of diagnostic imaging compared to conventional autopsy.

scientific article published on 4 July 2012

Pseudomembranous colitis with fatal outcome in a 43-year-old man

scientific article published on 01 December 2002

Pulmonary expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in sepsis

scientific article published in March 2003

Putrefaction and wound dehiscence: a potentially confusing postmortem phenomenon

scientific article published in March 2006

Putrefactive "rigor mortis".

scientific article published on 23 February 2011

Region-specific immunological response of the different laryngeal compartments: significance of larynx-associated lymphoid tissue

scientific article published on 05 February 2003

Remarkable findings in suicidal hanging

scientific article published on 8 April 2014

Research, publishing, and forensic pathology

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

Sarcoidosis and mechanisms of unexpected death

scientific article published on 01 March 2008

Scene findings and autopsy features in a case of ultra-light aircraft crash ⬇️

scientific article published on April 5, 2012

Self-constructed shooting devices utilizing manually-impacted firing-pins (suicide machines).

scientific article published in June 2010

Serial monitoring of interleukin-1beta, soluble interleukin-2 receptor and lipopolysaccharide binding protein levels after death A comparative evaluation of potential postmortem markers of sepsis

scientific article published on 04 September 2004

Skin tension and cleavage lines (Langer's lines) causing distortion of ante- and postmortem wound morphology

scientific article published on 25 March 2005

Sponge-like appearance of the liver parenchyma due to fatal intrauterine gas gangrene following mechanical abortion

scientific article

Stent-protected carotid angioplasty using a membrane stent: a comparative cadaver study

scientific article published in July 2006

Structure of the human tibialis posterior tendon

scientific article published on 15 April 2003

Sudden death due to acute adrenal crisis.

scientific article

Sudden infant death due to pulmonary embolism

scientific article published on 01 March 2003

Sudden unexpected death due to perforation of an unclassified small intestinal tumor.

scientific article published on 28 December 2012

Sudden unexpected death due to undiagnosed glioblastoma: report of three cases and review of the literature

scientific article

Sudden, unexpected death due to splenic artery aneurysm rupture

article by Michael Tsokos et al published 1 March 2005 in American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Sudden, unexpected death resulting from a giant coronary artery aneurysm

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

Suicidal monointoxication with flunitrazepam. Further comment on coloration phenomena of the upper gastrointestinal tract

scientific article published in September 2004

Suicide with two shots to the head using a rare 'Velo-Dog' pocket revolver

scientific article published in July 2012

Superficial vein thrombosis: differential diagnosis of circumscribed skin discolorations at autopsy.

scientific article published on 2 August 2015

Suspicious circumstances on discovery of the cadaver

scientific article published in March 2002

Symmetrical "mirror-image" injuries and the "chessboard" pattern: useful markers of self-mutilation

scientific article published in September 2007

Synchrotron-microcomputed tomography studies of normal and pathological cranial sutures: further insight

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

Syphilitic aortic aneurysm rupture as cause of sudden death ⬇️

scientific article published on August 3, 2011

The angiogenic peptide vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is expressed in chronic sacral pressure ulcers.

scientific article

The assessment of adipocere to estimate the post-mortem interval - a skeleton from the tidelands

scientific article

The association between body mass index and pulmonary thromboembolism in an autopsy population

scientific article published on 03 April 2012

The challenges presented by decomposition

scientific article published on 05 November 2012

The differential diagnosis of tongue swelling ⬇️

scientific article published on September 9, 2012

The digital atlas of skeletal maturity by Gilsanz and Ratib: a suitable alternative for age estimation of living individuals in criminal proceedings?

scientific article

The occurrence of cadaveric spasm is a myth

scientific article published on 22 November 2012

The processing of skeletonized human remains found in Berlin, Germany

scientific article

The progression from disaster victim identification (DVI) to disaster victim management (DVM): a necessary evolution

scientific article published on 22 January 2012

The symmetry of self mutilation and the chess board pattern

scientific article published on 24 April 2012

The tsunami : An environmental mass disaster

scientific article published on March 2005

The use of nails as an alternative matrix for the long-term detection of previous drug intake: validation of sensitive UHPLC-MS/MS methods for the quantification of 76 substances and comparison of analytical results for drugs in nail and hair sample

scientific article

Three rounds as "tandem bullets": unusual findings in a case of a suicidal gunshot to the head

scientific article published on 6 August 2014

Toxicological findings in suicides - frequency of antidepressant and antipsychotic substances

scientific article published on 05 November 2018

Toxicological identification of diphenhydramine (DPH) in suicide

scientific article published on 12 October 2012

Trefoil factor family (TFF) peptides of normal human Vater's ampulla

scientific article

Two extraordinary autoerotic fatalities.

scientific article

Ultrasound in the diagnosis of craniosynostosis.

scientific article

Unassisted smothering in a pillow.

scientific article published on 21 July 2009

Upper airway epithelial structural changes in obstructive sleep-disordered breathing

scientific article published in August 2002

VE-cadherin and ACE: markers for sepsis in post mortem examination?

scientific article published on 10 April 2008

VEGF expression in adult permanent thyroid cartilage: implications for lack of cartilage ossification

scientific article published on 01 August 2004

Vascular endothelial cadherin expression in lung specimens of patients with sepsis-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome and endothelial cell cultures

scientific article published on 27 April 2013

Vehicle-assisted suicide resulting in complete decapitation

scientific article published in September 2005

Vertebral column kyphoscoliosis and unexpected death.

scientific article published on 16 August 2007

[Adhesive tape on the face--criminalistic aspects]

scientific article published on 01 May 2003

[An extreme case of undoing and posing in a case of murder-suicide. A forensic pathological approach to crime scene investigation].

scientific article published in July 2007

[Cooperation between emergency and forensic medicine - retrospective evaluation of pre-hospital emergency measures].

scientific article published in June 2015

[Detecting child abuse]

scientific article published on 03 March 2016

[Determination of death and post-mortem examination on the high seas]

scientific article published on 01 July 2009

[Fatal attacks of zoo animals on humans--a case report]

scientific article published on 01 March 2008

[Fatal chest injury from a shotgun slug: homicide, accident or suicide?]

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

[Forensic age determination in living individuals at the Institute of Legal Medicine in Berlin (Charité): analysis of the expert reports from 2001 to 2007].

scientific article published in November 2009

[Injury pattern on the hand after slipping onto the blade during a knife attack--a contribution to the differential diagnostic classification of sharp force injuries of the upper extremities]

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

[Post-mortem animal predation of the genital region caused by a half-breed dog].

scientific article published in November 2008

[Retrospective analysis of 5,108 pediatric case files under traumatological and forensic aspects: a contribution to the differential diagnosis of physical child abuse vs. falls].

scientific article published in November 2007

[Suicidal and accidental carbon monoxide poisonings due to charcoal fires in closed spaces].

scientific article published in July 2008

[Suicidal burrowing behavior--a special kind of the "hide-and-die-syndrome"].

scientific article published in November 2007

[Suicide with exit bags: circumstances and special problem situations in assisted suicide]

scientific article published on 01 March 2002

“Cobblestone” appearance of the ascending colon ⬇️

scientific article published on June 5, 2012

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