Glucose metabolism in completed suicide: a forensic-pathological pilot study
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Glucose metabolism in completed suicide: a forensic-pathological pilot study
AIM To determine whether antemortem blood levels of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and glucose predict completed suicide and, by extension, whether markers of glucose metabolism might be associated with a prosuicidal trait or state. METHOD From consecutively performed autopsies, samples of blood and vitreous humor from 17 suicide victims and 27 non-suicide controls were compared with regard to l...
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عنوان ژورنال: Croatian Medical Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0353-9504,1332-8166
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2017.58.34