Is necropsy obsolete - An audit of the clinical autopsy over six decades: A study from Indian sub continent

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 372-377

  Moorchung, Nikhil ^a   Singh, Vikram ^a   Mishra, Ankit ^a   Patrikar, Seema ^a   Kakkar, Sunita ^a   Dutta, Vibha ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Ante mortem diagnosis; clinical autopsy; post mortem diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84893969910     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.125294     Document Type: Article

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