Open AccessDiabetes mellitus as a cause of sudden natural death: Case report
Author(s) -
Snežana Pavlekić,
Slobodan Savić,
Veroslava Stankovic,
Božo Trbojević
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns1002127p
Subject(s) - medicine , microangiopathy , diabetes mellitus , sudden death , cause of death , hypoglycemia , disease , sudden cardiac death , cardiology , endocrinology
Forensic medicine may face a serious problem when solving the death cause associated with disorders in glucose metabolism, especially in cases when dying due to diabetes mellitus is characterized as unclear natural death.