Postmortem biopsies: The experience in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 173-176

  El Reshaid, Wael ^a   El Reshaid, Kamel ^a   Madda, John ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Biopsy; Kuwait; Postmortem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KUWAIT; LIVER BIOPSY; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 18644381395     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084635     Document Type: Article

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