Less invasive autopsy: An evidenced based approach

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 681-687

  Thayyil, Sudhin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BONE DYSPLASIA; BRAIN MALFORMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENETIC SCREENING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG LESION; METABOLISM; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN WEIGHT; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; UNITED KINGDOM; X RAY;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FETAL DEATH; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80955180981     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.165704     Document Type: Review

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