Postmortem radiological investigation of bridging vein ruptures

Legal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Ehrlich, Edwin ^a   Maxeiner, Helmut ^a   Lange, Joern ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bridging veins; Head injury; Postmortem X ray

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VEIN; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VEIN RUPTURE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037739916     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(02)00118-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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