Patent ductus arteriosus as a natural cause of pulmonary hemorrhage in infants: A medicolegal dilemma

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 200-204

  Lewis, Michael J ^a   McKeever, Patricia K ^b   Rutty, Guy N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemorrhage; Infant; Lung; Patent ductus arteriosus

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN; IRON;

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUAL CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INFANT; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; MECHANICAL ASPHYXIA; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREMATURITY; RISK FACTOR; SOLE CAUSE OF DEATH; STAINING; SUDDEN DEATH;

ASPHYXIA; DEATH, SUDDEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE;

EID: 4344601885     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000136444.09294.75     Document Type: Article

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