Citation

Köster E, Cardauns H, Oehmichen M, Staak M. Beitr. Gerichtl. Med. 1990; 48: 67-73.

Vernacular Title

Zur Dichte immunreaktiver Zellen in der Milz bei Drogentodesfallen.

Affiliation

Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität zu Köln.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Verlag Franz Deuticke)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2241857

Abstract

66 autopsied drug-related death cases in the Institute of Legal Medicine of Cologne of the years 1979 to 1989 were morphologically examined to get information whether cytological investigations of the spleen reveal a damage of the immune system. The weights of the spleen were registered and immunoreactive cells, i.e. macrophages, B- and T-lymphocytes, were quantitative counted. Neither a significant alteration of the weights of the spleen nor an important change of the density of the immunoreactive cells could be registered.

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