Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 3 , Pages 121-127 , May 2010

Immunohistochemistry of catecholamines in the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal system with special regard to fatal hypothermia and hyperthermia

  • Takaki Ishikawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Asahi-machi 1-4-3, Abeno, 545-8585 Osaka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 6 6645 3767; fax: +81 6 6634 3871.
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  • Chiemi Yoshida

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Asahi-machi 1-4-3, Abeno, 545-8585 Osaka, Japan
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  • Tomomi Michiue

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Asahi-machi 1-4-3, Abeno, 545-8585 Osaka, Japan
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  • Markus Große Perdekamp

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Albertstraße 9, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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  • Stefan Pollak

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Albertstraße 9, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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  • Hitoshi Maeda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Asahi-machi 1-4-3, Abeno, 545-8585 Osaka, Japan

Received 8 January 2010 ,Revised 21 January 2010 ,Accepted 21 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.01.004

Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 3 , Pages 121-127 , May 2010

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