Autopsies in children: Are they still useful?

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 558-563

  Kumar, Praveen ^a,c   Taxy, Jerome ^b   Angst, Denise B ^a   Mangurten, Henry H ^a  

^a Lutheran General Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031813513     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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