Common and expected postmortem CT observations involving the brain: Mimics of antemortem pathology

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1387-1391

  Smith, Alice B ^a,b   Lattin, G E ^a,b   Berran, P ^c   Harcke, H T ^a,b  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Armed Forces Medical Examiner System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84865279200     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2966     Document Type: Article

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