Dural hemorrhage of the tentorium on postmortem cranial computed tomographic scans in children

Forensic Science International

Volumn 154, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 206-209

  Kibayashi, Kazuhiko ^a   Shojo, Hideki ^a   Sumida, Tomomi ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child abuse; CT; Head trauma; Postmortem change; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DURA MATER; DURAL HEMORRHAGE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MENINGEAL HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 25144494853     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.10.019     Document Type: Article

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