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List of works by Cristoforo Pomara

"Lupara Bianca" a way to hide cadavers after Mafia homicides. A cemetery of Italian Mafia. A case study.

scientific article published on 30 December 2014

A Pathophysiological Insight into Sepsis and Its Correlation with Postmortem Diagnosis

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A multidisciplinary approach to the investigation of a collapsed building.

scientific article published on September 2010

A novel macabre ritual of the Italian Mafia ('Ndrangheta): covering hands with gloves and burying the corpse with burnt lime after execution.

scientific article published in March 2011

A rare and lethal case of right common carotid pseudoaneurysm following whiplash trauma.

scientific article published on 25 November 2014

A rare case of a scuba diver's death due to propeller injuries of a desalination pump

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A systematic study of a myocardial lesion: colliquative myocytolysis

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

Acute administration of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) induces oxidative stress, lipoperoxidation and TNFα-mediated apoptosis in rat liver

scientific article published on 12 August 2011

Acute myocarditis mimicking acute myocardial infarction: a clinical nightmare with forensic implications

scientific article published on 28 November 2005

Amniotic fluid embolism: still a diagnostic enigma for obstetrician and pathologist?

scientific article published in January 2009

An immunohistochemical study in a fatality due to ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome

scientific article published on 02 June 2006

An immunohistochemical study on a tetanus fatal case using toxin fragment C (TTC). Should it be a useful diagnostic tool?

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An unusual case of crossbow homicide.

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Anabolic Androgenic Steroids: Searching New Molecular Biomarkers

scientific article published on 20 November 2018

Anabolic androgenic steroids and carcinogenicity focusing on Leydig cell: a literature review.

scientific article published on 10 April 2018

Analytical and quantitative concentration of gunshot residues (Pb, Sb, Ba) to estimate entrance hole and shooting-distance using confocal laser microscopy and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer analysis: an experimental study

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Anaphylactic latex reaction during anaesthesia: the silent culprit in a fatal case.

scientific article published on 12 May 2008

Autonomic nervous system instability, tetanic necrosis of the heart and myocardial TNFalpha expression in a tetanus fatal case.

scientific article published on 22 July 2008

Autopsy Findings and Causality Relationship between Death and COVID-19 Vaccination: A Systematic Review

scientific article published in 2021

Beta-tryptase and quantitative mast-cell increase in a sudden infant death following hexavalent immunization

scientific article published on 6 June 2008

Blast overpressure after tire explosion: a fatal case.

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C3a, TNF-alpha and interleukin myocardial expression in a case of fatal sudden cardiac failure during clinic reactivation of systemic lupus erythematosus

scientific article published on 25 May 2010

CD61 and fibrinogen immunohistochemical study to improve the post-mortem diagnosis in a fat embolism syndrome clinically demonstrated by transesophageal echocardiography.

scientific article published on 18 May 2010

Calcium oxalate crystals in acute ethylene glycol poisoning: a confocal laser scanning microscope study in a fatal case.

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Cardiac contusion: ending myocardial confusion in this capricious syndrome

scientific article published on 14 August 2007

Cardiac oxidative stress determination and myocardial morphology after a single ecstasy (MDMA) administration in a rat model.

scientific article published on 2 July 2008

Cardiac pathology in death from electrocution

scientific article published on 03 August 2005

Cardiovascular effects of cocaine: cellular, ionic and molecular mechanisms.

scientific article published on January 2012

Collection of trace evidence of explosive residues from the skin in a death due to a disguised letter bomb. The synergy between confocal laser scanning microscope and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer analyses

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Complement C3a expression and tryptase degranulation as promising histopathological tests for diagnosing fatal amniotic fluid embolism

scientific article published on 27 January 2009

Confocal laser scanning microscopy. Using new technology to answer old questions in forensic investigations.

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Congestive heart failure as cause of death in an anorexia nervosa fatal case

scientific article published on 20 November 2012

Correlation between cardiac oxidative stress and myocardial pathology due to acute and chronic norepinephrine administration in rats.

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Data available on the extent of cocaine use and dependence: biochemistry, pharmacologic effects and global burden of disease of cocaine abusers.

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Delayed splenic rupture: dating the sub-capsular hemorrhage as a useful task to evaluate causal relationships with trauma.

scientific article published on 11 November 2013

Early Loss of Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity Precedes NOX2 Elevation in the Prefrontal Cortex of an Animal Model of Psychosis.

scientific article published on 24 February 2016

Early effects of fluoro-edenite: correlation between IL-18 serum levels and pleural and parenchymal abnormalities

scientific article published on 27 September 2016

Effects of Conjugated Linoleic Acid Associated With Endurance Exercise on Muscle Fibres and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ Coactivator 1 α Isoforms

scientific article published on 2 August 2016

Effects of Nandrolone Stimulation on Testosterone Biosynthesis in Leydig Cells

scientific article published on 02 December 2015

Enzymatic-nonenzymatic cellular antioxidant defense systems response and immunohistochemical detection of MDMA, VMAT2, HSP70, and apoptosis as biomarkers for MDMA (Ecstasy) neurotoxicity.

scientific article published in March 2010

Gua Sha a traditional Chinese healing technique that could mimick physical abuse: a potential issue with forensic implications. A case study.

scientific article published on 20 February 2015

Heterozygous nonsense SCN5A mutation W822X explains a simultaneous sudden infant death syndrome.

scientific article published on 13 June 2008

High risk of pleural plaques and parenchymal abnormalities in women living in Biancavilla (Italy).

scientific article published on 14 September 2016

Hsp60 response in experimental and human temporal lobe epilepsy

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Immunohistochemical expression of proinflammatory cytokines IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α and involvement of COX-2, quantitatively confirmed by Western blot analysis, in Wernicke's encephalopathy

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Immunohistochemical marker for Na+ CP type Valpha (C-20) and heterozygous nonsense SCN5A mutation W822X in a sudden cardiac death induced by mild anaphylactic reaction.

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Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury following Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Critical Issue for Clinicians and Forensic Pathologists

scientific article published on 13 February 2017

Italian law on medically assisted reproduction: do women's autonomy and health matter?

scientific article published on 23 July 2016

Lethal injuries following building collapse: comparison between autopsy and radiographic findings

scientific article published on 19 April 2011

Lipid peroxidation and apoptotic response in rat brain areas induced by long-term administration of nandrolone: the mutual crosstalk between ROS and NF-kB

scientific article published on February 2016

MDMA administration and heat shock proteins response: foreseeing a molecular link.

scientific article published in August 2010

More than Pneumonia: Distinctive Features of SARS-Cov-2 Infection. From Autopsy Findings to Clinical Implications: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

Multi-phase post-mortem CT-angiography: a pathologic correlation study on cardiovascular sudden death.

scientific article published on October 2016

Multi-phase postmortem CT angiography (MPMCTA): a new axillary approach suitable in fatal thromboembolism

scientific article published on 28 October 2014

Myocardial bridging of the right coronary artery and emotional stress: a fatal link?

scientific article published on 17 October 2006

Myocardial disarray: an architectural disorganization linked with adrenergic stress?

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Myocardial tumor necrosis factor-alpha expression in a sudden death due to dilated cardiomyopathy with endomyoelastofibrosis

scientific article published on 26 March 2008

Myofiberbreak-up: a marker of ventricular fibrillation in sudden cardiac death.

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Nandrolone decanoate interferes with testosterone biosynthesis altering blood-testis barrier components.

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Natural carcinogenic fiber and pleural plaques assessment in a general population: A cross-sectional study

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Non‑infective occupational risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma: A review (Review).

scientific article published on 14 December 2016

Occupational exposure to fluoro-edenite and prevalence of anti-nuclear autoantibodies

scientific article published on 01 March 2018

Oxidative-Nitrosative Stress and Myocardial Dysfunctions in Sepsis: Evidence from the Literature and Postmortem Observations

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Perceptions of first-year medical students towards learning anatomy using cadaveric specimens through peer teaching.

scientific article published on 7 November 2017

Personalized medicine in the paediatric population: the balance between pharmacogenetics progress and bioethics.

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Preliminary Post-Mortem COVID-19 Evidence of Endothelial Injury and Factor VIII Hyperexpression

scientific article published on 09 August 2020

Prevalence of anti-nuclear autoantibodies in subjects exposed to natural asbestiform fibers: a cross-sectional study

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Renal heat shock proteins over-expression due to anabolic androgenic steroids abuse.

scientific article published on May 2011

Role(s) of the 5-HT2C receptor in the development of maximal dentate activation in the hippocampus of anesthetized rats

scientific article published in July 2014

Serum lipid, lipoprotein and apolipoprotein profiles in workers exposed to low arsenic levels: Lipid profiles and occupational arsenic exposure

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Sheep lymph-nodes as a biological indicator of environmental exposure to fluoro-edenite

scientific article published on 06 February 2016

Stillborn or liveborn? Comparing umbilical cord immunohistochemical expression of vitality markers (tryptase, alpha(1)-antichymotrypsin and CD68) by quantitative analysis and confocal laser scanning microscopy.

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Sudden cardiac death in a child affected by Prader-Willi syndrome

scientific article published on 05 March 2005

Sudden death as presenting symptom caused by cardiac primary multicentric left ventricle rhabdomyoma, in an 11-month-old baby. An immunohistochemical study

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Sudden death due to a dissecting intramural hematoma of the esophagus (DIHE) in a woman with severe neurofibromatosis-related scoliosis.

scientific article published on 28 February 2013

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

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The Italian National Survey for Prader–Willi syndrome: An epidemiologic study

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The NADPH oxidase NOX2 as a novel biomarker for suicidality: evidence from human post mortem brain samples

scientific article published on 17 May 2016

The Role of Anabolic Androgenic Steroids in Disruption of the Physiological Function in Discrete Areas of the Central Nervous System.

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The TRPA1 channel is a cardiac target of mIGF-1/SIRT1 signaling

scientific article published on 8 August 2014

The diagnosis of fatal pulmonary fat embolism using quantitative morphometry and confocal laser scanning microscopy

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The role of the NADPH oxidase derived brain oxidative stress in the cocaine-related death associated with excited delirium: A literature review.

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The timing of perinatal hypoxia/ischemia events in term neonates: a retrospective autopsy study. HSPs, ORP-150 and COX2 are reliable markers to classify acute, perinatal events

scientific article published on 13 July 2010

Use of contrast media in diagnostic imaging: medico-legal considerations

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Vascular air embolism complicating percutaneous nephrolithotomy: medical malpractice or fatal unforeseeable complication?

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Virtopsy versus digital autopsy: virtual autopsy.

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