Postmortem CT investigation of air/gas distribution in the lungs and gastrointestinal tracts of newborn infants: A serial case study with regard to still- and live birth

Forensic Science International

Volumn 226, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 74-80

  Michiue, Tomomi ^a   Ishikawa, Takaki ^a   Kawamoto, Osamu ^a   Sogawa, Nozomi ^a   Oritani, Shigeki ^a   Maeda, Hitoshi ^a  

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

Author keywords

Forensic radiology; Gas distribution; Live birth; Newborn; Postmortem CT; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; AUTOPSY; CASE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVE BIRTH; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG VENTILATION; NEWBORN; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84875580159     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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