Skin tension and cleavage lines (Langer's lines) causing distortion of ante- and postmortem wound morphology

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 226-230

  Byard, Roger W ^a   Gehl, Axel ^b   Tsokos, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Langer's lines; Postmortem injury; Skin cleavage lines; Stab wounds; Wound morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CRIME; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNIFE CUT; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INJURY; SKIN STRUCTURE; SKIN TENSION; STAB WOUND; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRUSTACEA; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SKIN; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 21744438276     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-005-0539-7     Document Type: Article

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