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Yu Kakimoto
Forensic Medicine
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An instance of homicide by electrocution with hand-made electrode plates
Homicide by electrocution is rare in forensics, and the identification of the cause of death can be quite difficult when the electric device is removed from the scene. We present an instance where the police w...
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Open AccessProteomic profiling of sudden cardiac death with acquired cardiac hypertrophy
Cardiac hypertrophy, which develops in middle-aged and older individuals as a consequence of hypertension and obesity, is an established risk factor for sudden cardiac death (SCD). However, it is sometimes dif...
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Open AccessGastric aspiration in sudden unexpected infant death of Prader–Willi syndrome: immunohistochemical detection of feeding components
Prader–Willi syndrome (PWS) in infants is characterized by hypotonia and poor sucking with feeding difficulties. Two autopsy cases of sudden unexpected death during sleep after tube feeding are described herei...
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MicroRNA profiling of gastric content from breast-fed and formula-fed infants to estimate last feeding: a pilot study
Recently, we were consulted about a challenging case, where an infant died by poisoning and the drug-dependent mother insisted that she unintentionally gave the toxic drug through breast milk. Accordingly, we ...
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Combined effects of multiple linked loci on pairwise sibling tests
The advanced multiplex STR system, PowerPlex Fusion, includes four linked locus pairs. The conventional Identifiler system has one pair of linked loci. Therefore, sibling tests conducted using the advanced sys...
