First report of nonpsychotic self-cannibalism (autophagy), tongue splitting, and scar patterns (scarification) as an extreme form of cultural body modification in a western civilization

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-285

  Benecke, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Body modification; Scarification; Self inflicted wounds; Tongue splitting; Youth subcultures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; AUTOPHAGY; CANNIBALISM; CASE REPORT; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; SCAR FORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; TATTOOING; TONGUE;

EID: 0032841930     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199909000-00013     Document Type: Article

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