Adult autopsy case with marked myositis ossificans: Association with repetitive physical assault and battery

Legal Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 274-276

  Takahashi, Shirushi ^a   Kanetake, Jun ^a   Kanawaku, Yoshimasa ^b   Funayama, Masato ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Medical Examiner's Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Myositis ossificans traumatica (MOT); Physical abuse; Soft tissue injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUTOPSY; BATTERING; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTUSION; EDEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; MALE; OSSIFYING MYOSITIS; RIB FRACTURE; SKIN SCAR; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STAB WOUND;

ADULT; CONTUSIONS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDEMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MYOSITIS OSSIFICANS; RIB FRACTURES; SHOCK; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 47049103032     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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