A new method to determine wound age in early vital skin injuries: A probability scoring system using expression levels of Fibronectin, CD62p and Factor VIII in wound hemorrhage

• Published in: Forensic science international Vol. 244; pp. 128 - 135
• Main Authors: van de Goot, Franklin R.W, Korkmaz, H. Ibrahim, Fronczek, Judith, Witte, Birgit I, Visser, Rob, Ulrich, Magda M.W, Begieneman, Mark P.V, Rozendaal, Lawrence, Krijnen, Paul A.J, Niessen, Hans W.M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.11.2014; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Autopsy; Biomarkers - metabolism; Blood platelets; Case-Control Studies; Cell adhesion & migration; Child; Child, Preschool; Factor VIII - metabolism; Fibronectins - metabolism; Forensic; Forensic pathology; Forensic Pathology - methods; Forensic sciences; Hemorrhage - metabolism; Hemorrhage - pathology; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Immunology; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Injuries; Methods; Middle Aged; P-Selectin - metabolism; Pathology; Probability; Skin; Skin - injuries; Skin - metabolism; Skin - pathology; Skin wounds; Time Factors; Wound age determination; Wound healing; Wounds, Nonpenetrating - metabolism; Wounds, Nonpenetrating - pathology; Young Adult; Immunohistochemistry; Wound age determination; Forensic; Immunology; Autopsy; Skin wounds
• ISSN: 0379-0738; 1872-6283
• DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.08.015

Highlights • A new method to determine wound age in early vital skin injuries. • Coagulation related markers as discriminating factors in wound age determination. • The introduction of a probability scoring system for wound age estimation.