Postmortem mRNA Expression Patterns in Left Ventricular Myocardial Tissues and Their Implications for Forensic Diagnosis of Sudden Cardiac Death |
Son, Gi Hoon
(Department of Legal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University)
Park, Seong Hwan (Department of Legal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University) Kim, Yunmi (Department of Legal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University) Kim, Ji Yeon (Department of Legal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University) Kim, Jin Wook (Department of Legal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University) Chung, Sooyoung (Department of Anatomy and Institute of Human Genetics, College of Medicine, Korea University) Kim, Yu-Hoon (Division of Forensic Medicine, National Forensic Service) Kim, Hyun (Department of Anatomy and Institute of Human Genetics, College of Medicine, Korea University) Hwang, Juck-Joon (Department of Legal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University) Seo, Joong-Seok (Division of Forensic Medicine, National Forensic Service) |
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