title: Tracing the use of electrical torture.
abstract: With the aim of being able to trace skin sequelae to electrical torture, an interdisciplinary group of scientists (the "electrical group" of Anti-Torture Research, ATR) has performed controlled morphological studies on skin biopsies from experiments with fully anesthetized pigs. "Vesicular nuclei" in epidermis and a characteristic pattern of collagen calcification in dermis were found to be typical of electrical damage. These alterations were produced by alternating current as well as by direct current.
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism*; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D014104:Torture
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen