Minimally invasive autopsy

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9688, 2009, Pages 432-433

  Whitby, Elspeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; AUTOPSY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 68049143147     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61433-1     Document Type: Note

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