Sudden, unexpected death of a young marathon runner as a result of bronchial malformation

Modern Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-251

  Sedivy, Roland ^a   Bankl, H C ^a   Stimpfl, T ^a   Bankl, H ^b   Kurkciyan I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Karl Landsteiner Institute for Implementation of Innovative Techniques in Cardiac Surgery   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Etiology; Marathon; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUTOPSY; BRONCHUS; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG MALFORMATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0030895539     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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