Death due to neurogenic shock following gastric rupture in an anorexia nervosa patient

Forensic Science International

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-12

  Sinicina, I ^a   Pankratz, H ^a   Buttner A ^a   Mall, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Binge eating; Fatal; Gastric rupture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; BULIMIA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEMATEMESIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH DISTENSION; STOMACH RUPTURE;

EID: 26444464361     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.10.021     Document Type: Article

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