Fatal drowning accident and undiagnosed hydrocephalus

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 826-829

  Cecchetto, Giovanni ^a   Feletti, Alberto ^a   Montisci, Massimo ^a   Fais, Paolo ^a   Cecchetto, Attilio ^a   Viel, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bodies found in water; Drowning; Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Hydrocephalus; Macrocephaly; Reconstruction of the event

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; DROWNING; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MENINX; PATHOLOGY;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; BRAIN; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DROWNING; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MENINGES;

EID: 77951108406     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01355.x     Document Type: Article

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