Child abuse: Practical application of autopsy, radiological, and microscopic studies

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1424-1429

  Dedouit, Fabrice ^a   Guilbeau Frugier, Céline ^a   Capuani, Caroline ^a   Sévely, Annick ^b   Joffre, Francis ^a   Rougé, Daniel ^a   Rousseau, Hervé ^a   Telmon, Norbert ^a  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Forensic science; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multislice computed tomography; Virtual autopsy

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD ABUSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECCHYMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MICROSCOPY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; X RAY;

ABDOMEN; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD ABUSE; ECCHYMOSIS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RIB FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 54949132105     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00864.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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