Trauma of Cervical Spinal Cord – an Immunohistochemical Study
Authors:
P. Toupalík 1; I. Bouška 1; T. Vojáček 1; J. Ježková 2
Authors‘ workplace:
Ústav soudního lékařství 2. LF UK, Praha
1; Subkatedra soudního lékařství IPVZ, Praha
2
Published in:
Soud Lék., 51, 2006, No. 1, p. 6-8
Overview
The histologica and immunohistochemical examination of cervical spinal cord were used in the group of 11 deceased of violent death. The positivity of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) in axons of cervical spinal cord was examined, and findings in the group of deceased on craniocervical injury (7 cases) and the group of deceased without cranio-cervical trauma (4 cases) were compared. While a routine histological examination including Palmgren’s staining showed no significant differences between bouth groups, we noticed an increased frequency of appearance of NSE deceased with craniocervical injury.
Key words:
trauma of spinal cord – immunohistohemic – neuron-specific enolase
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