title: Cycles of the uterus mucous membranes and estimation of time of death.
abstract: In a case where a 27-year-old prostitute was found stabbed to death, histological examination of the uterus mucous membranes was performed to estimate the time of death after a long postmortem interval. The time of menstruation was obtained from a witness statement. Assuming a regular cycles, the histology of the uterus tissue indicated an early stage of menstruation suggesting that death occurred shortly after the woman disappeared.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum der Rechtsmedizin, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schnabel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Neis
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bratzke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008597:Menstrual Cycle / Q000502:physiology*; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D013997:Time Factors; D014599:Uterus / Q000473:pathology*