Histologic evidence of repetitive blunt force abdominal trauma in four pediatric fatalities

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1430-1433

  Dye, Daniel W ^a,c   Peretti, Frank J ^b   Kokes, Charles P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Arkansas State Crime Laboratory   (United States)

^c Jefferson County Coroner Medical Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt force trauma; Chronic child abuse; Forensic science; Homicide; Repetitive trauma

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; HEMOSIDERIN; IRON;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AVULSION INJURY; BLEEDING; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD ABUSE; CONTUSION; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; HEALING; HEMOPERITONEUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTUBATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; STAINING; TISSUE REPAIR; TISSUE SECTION; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSIDERIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MACROPHAGES; MALE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 54949143955     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00883.x     Document Type: Article

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