C Meissner

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Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi Estimation of age at death based on quantitation of the 4977-bp deletion of human mitochondrial DNA in skeletal muscle
    C Meissner
    Department of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Luebeck, Germany
    Forensic Sci Int 105:115-24. 1999
  2. ncbi Mutations of mitochondrial DNA - cause or consequence of the ageing process?
    C Meissner
    Department of Forensic Medicine, University Hospital of Schleswig Holstein, Kahlhorststrasse 31 35, 23562, Lubeck, Germany
    Z Gerontol Geriatr 40:325-33. 2007
  3. ncbi A new sensitive short pentaplex (ShoP) PCR for typing of degraded DNA
    C Meissner
    Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Luebeck, Kahlhorststrasse 31 35, 23562 Luebeck, Germany
    Forensic Sci Int 166:121-7. 2007
  4. ncbi [The mitochondrial genome and aging]
    C Meissner
    Institut für Rechtsmedizin des Universitätsklinikums Lübeck Kahlhorststrasse 31 35 23562 Lübeck, Germany
    Z Gerontol Geriatr 34:447-51. 2001
  5. ncbi Quantification of mitochondrial DNA in human blood cells using an automated detection system
    C Meissner
    Department of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Luebeck, Kahlhorststrasse 31 35, 23562, Luebeck, Germany
    Forensic Sci Int 113:109-12. 2000
  6. ncbi Sudden unexpected infant death due to fibroma of the heart
    C Meissner
    Department of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Luebeck, Germany
    J Forensic Sci 45:731-3. 2000
  7. ncbi Gunshot injuries to the head and brain caused by low-velocity handguns and rifles. A review
    M Oehmichen
    Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Lubeck, Lubeck, Germany
    Forensic Sci Int 146:111-20. 2004
  8. ncbi Brain injury after survived gunshot to the head: reactive alterations at sites remote from the missile track
    M Oehmichen
    Department of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Lubeck, Kahlhorststrasse 31 35, D 23562, Lubeck, Germany
    Forensic Sci Int 115:189-97. 2001
  9. ncbi Detection of the 4977 bp deletion of mitochondrial DNA in different human blood cells
    S A Mohamed
    Department of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Luebeck, Kahlhorststrasse 31-35, Luebeck 23562, Germany
    Exp Gerontol 39:181-8. 2004
  10. ncbi Mitotic brain cells are just as prone to mitochondrial deletions as neurons: a large-scale single-cell PCR study of the human caudate nucleus
    T Storm
    Department of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Luebeck, Kahlhorststrasse 31-35, 23562 Luebeck, Germany
    Exp Gerontol 37:1389-400. 2002

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Publications23

  1. ncbi Estimation of age at death based on quantitation of the 4977-bp deletion of human mitochondrial DNA in skeletal muscle
    C Meissner
    Department of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Luebeck, Germany
    Forensic Sci Int 105:115-24. 1999
    ....
  2. ncbi Mutations of mitochondrial DNA - cause or consequence of the ageing process?
    C Meissner
    Department of Forensic Medicine, University Hospital of Schleswig Holstein, Kahlhorststrasse 31 35, 23562, Lubeck, Germany
    Z Gerontol Geriatr 40:325-33. 2007
    ..At the moment it is hard to decide, if mitochondrial mutations are the cause or consequence of human ageing, but it is suggested that mitochondrial point mutations are just the consequence, while deletions seem to play a causal role...
  3. ncbi A new sensitive short pentaplex (ShoP) PCR for typing of degraded DNA
    C Meissner
    Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Luebeck, Kahlhorststrasse 31 35, 23562 Luebeck, Germany
    Forensic Sci Int 166:121-7. 2007
    ..This approach and other similar methods can aid in the analysis of samples where allelic drop out of larger fragments is observed. It is highly recommended to develop more of these multiplexes to improve poor quality DNA typing...
  4. ncbi [The mitochondrial genome and aging]
    C Meissner
    Institut für Rechtsmedizin des Universitätsklinikums Lübeck Kahlhorststrasse 31 35 23562 Lübeck, Germany
    Z Gerontol Geriatr 34:447-51. 2001
    ..Despite some criticisms of this free radical theory of aging, there is a lot of experimental evidence to support the important role of mitochondria in organismal aging...
  5. ncbi Quantification of mitochondrial DNA in human blood cells using an automated detection system
    C Meissner
    Department of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Luebeck, Kahlhorststrasse 31 35, 23562, Luebeck, Germany
    Forensic Sci Int 113:109-12. 2000
    ..Our data did not show any accumulation of the 4977 bp deletion with increasing age as it was observed for several other tissues...
  6. ncbi Sudden unexpected infant death due to fibroma of the heart
    C Meissner
    Department of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Luebeck, Germany
    J Forensic Sci 45:731-3. 2000
    ..At autopsy, however, the cause of death was determined to be cardiac arrhythmia secondary to fibroma of the heart...
  7. ncbi Gunshot injuries to the head and brain caused by low-velocity handguns and rifles. A review
    M Oehmichen
    Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Lubeck, Lubeck, Germany
    Forensic Sci Int 146:111-20. 2004
    ....
  8. ncbi Brain injury after survived gunshot to the head: reactive alterations at sites remote from the missile track
    M Oehmichen
    Department of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Lubeck, Kahlhorststrasse 31 35, D 23562, Lubeck, Germany
    Forensic Sci Int 115:189-97. 2001
    ....
  9. ncbi Detection of the 4977 bp deletion of mitochondrial DNA in different human blood cells
    S A Mohamed
    Department of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Luebeck, Kahlhorststrasse 31-35, Luebeck 23562, Germany
    Exp Gerontol 39:181-8. 2004
    ..Differences of the accumulation pattern may be due to actual individual living behaviour or environmental factors...
  10. ncbi Mitotic brain cells are just as prone to mitochondrial deletions as neurons: a large-scale single-cell PCR study of the human caudate nucleus
    T Storm
    Department of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Luebeck, Kahlhorststrasse 31-35, 23562 Luebeck, Germany
    Exp Gerontol 37:1389-400. 2002
    ....
  11. ncbi Regional potassium distribution in the brain in forensic relevant types of intoxication preliminary morphometric evaluation using a histochemical method
    M Oehmichen
    Institute of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Lubeck, Germany
    Neurotoxicology 22:99-107. 2001
    ..Although the study design allows no statistical analysis, these conclusions are supported by the marked differences in K+ levels in gray and white matter induced by the different toxicants...
  12. ncbi Natural death
    M Oehmichen
    Institute of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Lubeck, Germany
    Gerontology 46:105-10. 2000
    ..In the industrialized countries of the West, for example 'natural death' is thought of as the opposite of non-natural types of death such as accidental death, suicide, and homicide...
  13. ncbi Histochemical characterization of cytotoxic brain edema. Potassium concentrations after cerebral ischemia and during the postmortem interval
    M Oehmichen
    Institute of Legal Medicine, Medical University Lubeck, Germany
    Exp Toxicol Pathol 52:348-52. 2000
    ..In autoptic human cases, therefore, this technique is of no practical utility in detecting cytotoxic brain edema in postmortem tissue...
  14. ncbi Brain injury after gunshot wounding: morphometric analysis of cell destruction caused by temporary cavitation
    M Oehmichen
    Institute of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Lubeck, Germany
    J Neurotrauma 17:155-62. 2000
    ..The destruction was probably produced by the temporary cavitation and accords with theoretical considerations and experimental observations...
  15. ncbi Fall or shaken: traumatic brain injury in children caused by falls or abuse at home - a review on biomechanics and diagnosis
    M Oehmichen
    Institut fur Rechtsmedizin, Universitatsklinikum Schleswig Holstein, Campus Lubeck, Germany
    Neuropediatrics 36:240-5. 2005
    ..The shaken baby syndrome will usually be observed within the first year of life. The doctor has to manifest his diagnosis to the caregivers and - before informing the caregivers - he must be sure of his diagnosis...
  16. ncbi Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in a case of suspected chronic heavy metal poisoning
    M Oehmichen
    Department of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Lubeck, Germany
    J Forensic Sci 46:702-7. 2001
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  17. ncbi Forensic pathological aspects of postmortem imaging of gunshot injury to the head: documentation and biometric data
    M Oehmichen
    Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Lubeck, Kahlhorststrasse 31 35, 23562, Lubeck, Germany
    Acta Neuropathol 105:570-80. 2003
    ....
  18. ncbi Mast cell reactivity at the margin of human skin wounds: an early cell marker of wound survival?
    M Oehmichen
    Department of Legal Medicine, University Hospital of Schleswig Holstein, Kiel Lübeck, Germany
    Forensic Sci Int 191:1-5. 2009
    ....
  19. ncbi Time of drug elimination in chronic drug abusers. Case study of 52 patients in a "low-step" detoxification ward
    A Reiter
    Department of Legal Medicine, , Kahlhorststrasse 31-35, , Germany
    Forensic Sci Int 119:248-53. 2001
    ..3h, total dihydrocodeine (DHC) in urine up to 314.8h, free DHC in urine up to 273.3h, total and free DHC in serum up to 50.1h. Cocaine and its metabolites were largely undetectable in the present study...
  20. ncbi Life shortening and physician assistance in dying: euthanasia from the viewpoint of German legal medicine
    M Oehmichen
    Department of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Lubeck, Germany
    Gerontology 46:212-8. 2000
    ..Around the world heated debates have broken out on the topic of active euthanasia. Specialists in the field of 'forensic medicine' have taken full part in these discussions...
  21. ncbi Mitochondrial DNA deletions and the aging heart
    Salah A Mohamed
    Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Schleswig Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Luebeck, Germany
    Exp Gerontol 41:508-17. 2006
    ..Since, apoptosis was induced by the mitochondria-mediated pathway only in transformed cells, the role for apoptosis in normal tissue of the aging heart remains unclear...
  22. ncbi Quantification of human mitochondrial DNA in a real time PCR
    N von Wurmb-Schwark
    Institute of Legal Medicine, Christian Albrecht University of Kiel, 24105, Kiel, Germany
    Forensic Sci Int 126:34-9. 2002
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  23. ncbi [Mechanisms of ageing from a biogerontological view - new concepts of treatment for elder patients?]
    C Meissner
    Z Gerontol Geriatr 40:311-3. 2007