Postmortem CT investigation of skeletal and dental maturation of the fetuses and newborn infants: A serial case study

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 351-357

  Sakurai, Terumi ^a   Michiue, Tomomi ^a   Ishikawa, Takaki ^a   Yoshida, Chiemi ^a   Sakoda, Shigeki ^a   Kano, Tetsuya ^a   Oritani, Shigeki ^a   Maeda, Hitoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dental maturation; Fetus; Forensic radiology; Postmortem CT; Skeletal maturation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867654680     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-012-9327-0     Document Type: Article

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