Survey of sudden death from aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in cadavers referred to legal medicine organization of Tehran, 2001-2005

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 358-361

  Sheikhazadi, Ardeshir ^a   Gharehdaghi, Jaber ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LEGAL MEDICINE RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; IRAN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUDDEN DEATH; TIME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EDEMA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TIME FACTORS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING;

EID: 74249083858     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181bfcd64     Document Type: Article

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