Table 1.

List of specimens

Case	Age	Gender	Causa mortis	Postmortem interval, h	Method
1	23 w.g.	F	Premature rupture of membranes	24	WB, IHC
2	34 w.g.	F	Respiratory insufficiency	34	WB, IHC
3	35 w.g.	M	Intestinal malformation	48	WB, IHC
4	40 w.g.	M	Cardiorespiratory failure	37	IHC
5	42 w.g.	M	Disseminated intravascular coagulation	36	IHC
6	10 y	M	Cardiorespiratory failure	81	IHC
7	53 y	M	Ventricular fibrillation	45	IHC
8	60 y	F	Intestinal occlusion and acute cardiac insufficiency	30	IHC
9	62 y	F	Myocardial infarction	36	WB, IHC
10	81 y	M	Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm	39	WB, IHC

d, days; F, female; h, hours; IHC, immunohistochemistry; M, male; WB, western blot; w.g., weeks of gestation; y, years.