Forensic Science International
Volume 147, Supplement , Pages S5-S7, 17 January 2005

Expression of fibronectin suicidal in gunshot wounds

Institute of Forensic Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Korytkova 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

published online 02 November 2004.

Abstract 

Fibronectin has been proposed as the reliable marker of wound vitality and potent tool for age estimation in cases where survival time is at least few minutes. Cases of suicidal gunshot wounds were divided into two groups according to projectile energy and damage of the vital structures. Immunohistochemical reaction on fibronectin was evaluated with semiquantitative scale, which included sum of intensity and widespread of the reaction. Mann–Whitney test has shown statistical significant difference between groups (P≤0.001).

Keywords: Fibronectin, Wound vitality, Gunshot, Suicide

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PII: S0379-0738(04)00595-X

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.09.081

Forensic Science International
Volume 147, Supplement , Pages S5-S7, 17 January 2005

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