Reversal sign on ante- and postmortem brain imaging in a newborn: Report of one case

Forensic Science International

Volumn 182, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages

  Dedouit, Fabrice ^a   Sévely, Annick ^b   Costagliola, Rémi ^a   Otal, Philippe ^a   Loubes Lacroix, Florence ^a   Manelfe, Claude ^b   Joffre, Francis ^a   Rougé, Daniel ^a   Telmon, Norbert ^a  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multislice computed tomography; Postmortem imaging

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MYDRIASIS; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RESUSCITATION; REVERSAL SIGN; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

EID: 56349150868     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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