The mechanism of injury of the abducens nerve in severe head trauma: A postmortem study

Forensic Science International

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-32

  Sam, Bulent ^a   Ozveren, Mehmet Faik ^b   Akdemir, Ismail ^b   Topsakal, Cahide ^b   Cobanoglu, Bengu ^b   Baydar, Cetin Lutfi ^a   Ulukan, Ozer ^a  

^a Ministry of Justice ^*  (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abducens nerve; Forensic medicine; Head trauma; Injury; Mechanism; Petrous apex

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE INJURY; ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CLIVUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; HEAD INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MICROSCOPY; PETROUS BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

EID: 0842348083     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.11.020     Document Type: Article

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