The ratio of insulin to C-peptide can be used to make a forensic diagnosis of exogenous insulin overdosage

A 25-year-old man was killed by his lover by an intravenous injection of insulin and then air. We had difficulty in determining whether insulin had really been injected, so we have 18 control cases and proved that the ratio of insulin to C-peptide in a corpse can be used as positive evidence for the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Forensic science international 2001, Vol.115 (1), p.123-127
Hauptverfasser:	Iwase, Hirotaro, Kobayashi, Masahiko, Nakajima, Makoto, Takatori, Takehiko
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Air embolism Autopsies Autopsy - methods Biological and medical sciences Blood Glucose - analysis Blood glucose concentration C-peptide C-Peptide - blood Cadavers Case-Control Studies Cause of Death Diabetes Embolism, Air - diagnosis Embolisms Forensic diagnosis Forensic medicine Forensic pathology Glucose Heart Homicide Humans Hypoglycemia Hypoglycemic Agents - blood Hypoglycemic Agents - poisoning Insulin Insulin - blood Insulin - poisoning Internal medicine Liver cirrhosis Male Meals Medical diagnosis Medical sciences Murders & murder attempts Patients Peptides Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Statistical analysis Strangulation Suicides & suicide attempts Toxicology - methods Traumatic brain injury
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Zusammenfassung:	A 25-year-old man was killed by his lover by an intravenous injection of insulin and then air. We had difficulty in determining whether insulin had really been injected, so we have 18 control cases and proved that the ratio of insulin to C-peptide in a corpse can be used as positive evidence for the insulin overdosage.
ISSN:	0379-0738 1872-6283
DOI:	10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00298-X