Postmortem cranial MRI and autopsy correlation in suspected child abuse

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-224

  Hart, Blaine L ^a,b   Dudley, Mary H ^a   Zumwalt, Ross E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy technique; Child abuse; Head injury; Homicide; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHEAR RATE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029796471     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199609000-00008     Document Type: Article

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