Cutaneous miRNAs expression in human hanging injuries

The determination of dermal injuries age is crucial in forensic practice. It helps forensic pathologists to find important clues such as the timing of the injury, the order of infliction, the survival time after injury and the relation between an injury and the event occurred.Our work evaluated one of the most frequent injuries detect in our casework records and represented by hanging injury.Samples included in the present work were represented by 40 hanging injuries and 10 control samples obtained from healthy cutaneous tissues.
Source: Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series - Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Source Type: research