Confirmation of alleged falanga torture by bone scintigraphy - Case report

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 365-366

  Altun, Gurcan ^a   Durmus Altun, Gulay ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bone scintigraphy; Falanga; Human rights; Magnetic resonance imaging; Torture

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TORTURE;

ADULT; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOES; TORTURE;

EID: 0346847485     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-003-0398-z     Document Type: Article

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