Sudden death due to subarachnoid bleeding from ecchordosis physaliphora

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-227

  Fracasso, T ^a   Brinkmann, B ^a   Paulus, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecchordosis physaliphora; Subarachnoid bleeding; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DURA MATER; ECCHORDOSIS PHYSALIPHORA; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUDDEN DEATH;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHORDOMA; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 42149188805     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-007-0192-4     Document Type: Article

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