Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 63-67 , March 2010

Morphological analysis of astrocytes in the hippocampus in mechanical asphyxiation

  • Dong-Ri Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Asahi-machi 1-4-3, Abeno, Osaka 545-8558, Japan
    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, No. 1838, Guangzhau S10515, Guangdong Province, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Asahi-machi 1-4-3, Abeno, Osaka 545-8558, Japan Tel.: +81 6 6645 3767; fax: +81 6 6634 3871.
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  • Takaki Ishikawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Asahi-machi 1-4-3, Abeno, Osaka 545-8558, Japan
    • ,
  • Li Quan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Asahi-machi 1-4-3, Abeno, Osaka 545-8558, Japan
    • ,
  • Dong Zhao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Asahi-machi 1-4-3, Abeno, Osaka 545-8558, Japan
    • ,
  • Tomomi Michiue

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Asahi-machi 1-4-3, Abeno, Osaka 545-8558, Japan
    • ,
  • Bao-Li Zhu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Asahi-machi 1-4-3, Abeno, Osaka 545-8558, Japan
    • Department of Forensic Pathology, China Medical University School of Forensic Medicine, No. 92, Beier Road, Heping District, Shenyong 11001, Liaoming Province, PR China
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  • Hui Jun Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, No. 1838, Guangzhau S10515, Guangdong Province, PR China
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  • Hitoshi Maeda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Asahi-machi 1-4-3, Abeno, Osaka 545-8558, Japan

Received 28 September 2009 ,Revised 12 November 2009 ,Accepted 15 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.11.005

Legal Medicine
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