TY - JOUR PY - 1999// TI - A quantitative immunohistochemical study on the time-dependent course of acute inflammatory cellular response to human brain injury JO - International journal of legal medicine A1 - Hausmann, R. A1 - Kaiser, A. A1 - Lang, C. A1 - Bohnert, M. A1 - Betz, P. SP - 227 EP - 232 VL - 112 IS - 4 N2 - The time-dependent inflammatory cell reaction in human cortical contusions has been investigated during the first 30 weeks after blunt head injury. Immunohistochemical staining was carried out using CD 15 for granulocytes and LCA, CD 3 and UCHL-1 for mononuclear leucocytes. In order to provide reliable data for a forensic wound age estimation, the intensity of the cellular reaction was evaluated with a quantitative image analysis system. CD 15-labelled granulocytes were detectable earliest 10 min after brain injury, whereas significantly increased numbers of mononuclear leucocytes occurred in cortical contusions after a postinfliction interval of at least 1.1 days (LCA), 2 days (CD 3) or 3.7 days (UCHL-1), respectively.

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