Requiem for the autopsy;Requiem pour l'autopsie

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 77-79

  Chatelain, D ^a   Sevestre, H ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL PRACTICE;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FRANCE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 38649098437     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: 17683122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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