title: Method for determining if a corpse has been frozen: measuring the activity of short-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (SCHAD).
abstract: Accidental deaths by exposure to the cold have figured in many publications, whereas the freezing of the corpse is not well known. The study which we have reported was motivated by an observation of homicide in which ignorance of the fact that the body had been frozen was responsible for an underestimation of the time since death. It proved that measuring the activity of short-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (SCHAD) could reveal that the body had been frozen.
authors.affiliation: Lyon Institute of Forensic Medicine, 12 Avenue Rockefeller, 69003 Lyon, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miras
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yapo-Ette
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vianey-Saban
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malicier
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fanton
mesh_terms: D015094:3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000328:Adult; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D005615:Freezing; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000201:enzymology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D015094:3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenases