Relevance of postmortem radiology to the diagnosis of fatal cerebral gas embolism from compressed air diving

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 489-491

  Cole, A J ^a   Griffiths, D ^a   Lavender, S ^a   Summers, P ^b   Rich, K ^a  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOPSY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTREME SPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; GAS EMBOLISM; HYPERBARISM; MALE; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVING; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MODELS, ANIMAL; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646418680     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.031708     Document Type: Article

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