TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Differentiation between bruises and putrefactive discolorations of the skin by immunological analysis of glycophorin A
JO  - Forensic science international
A1  - Kibayashi, K.
A1  - Hamada, Kunihiro
A1  - Honjyo, K.
A1  - Tsunenari, S.
SP  - 111
EP  - 117
VL  - 61
IS  - 2-3
N2  - In a differential study to distinguish bruises from putrefactive discoloration, glycophorin A, a component of the erythrocyte membrane, was extracted from discolored skins and detected by immunological methods utilizing an anti-glycophorin A serum. Skin samples of 18 bruises, 8 postmortem hypostasises and 7 putrefactive discolorations were removed from 27 bodies in which postmortem intervals ranged from 4 h to 2.5 months. In 13 out of the 18 bruises (72.2%), glycophorin A was detected by the immunological methods. It was noted that glycophorin A was detectable even in a severely putrefied body 10 days after death. In contrast, no glycophorin A was detected in any of the postmortem lividities or the putrefactive discolorations. These results suggest that the absence of glycophorin A does not always indicate a skin discoloration of postmortem origin, but a positive glycophorin A reaction does indicate a skin discoloration due to bruise.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0379-0738
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -