Lethal hemorrhage from a ureteric-arterial-enteric fistula diagnosed by postmortem CT angiography

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 430-435

  bin Abdul Rashid, Saiful Nizam ^a,b,c   Bouwer, Heinrich ^c   O'Donnell, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conventional autopsy; Post mortem computed tomography (PMCT); Post mortem computed tomography angiography (PMCTA); Ureteric arterial enteric fistula

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867636650     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-012-9332-3     Document Type: Article

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