2. An unusual death due to the impalement of a gear stick into the brain stem through the nasal cavity: A case report

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 176-178

  Nozawa, Hideki ^a,b   Watanabe, Kanako ^a,b   Suzuki, Osamu ^a,b   Seno, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CAR DRIVING; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPISTAXIS; ETHMOID BONE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LACERATION; MALE; NOSE CAVITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; SPHENOID; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UPPER LIP;

EID: 18844433528     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.45.2.176     Document Type: Article

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