Normal cranial postmortem CT findings in children

Forensic Science International

Volumn 246, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-49

  Sieswerda Hoogendoorn, T ^a,b   Beenen, L F M ^b   Van Rijn, R R ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Forensic sciences; Postmortem changes; Putrefaction; Tomography, X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROIMAGING; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; VASCULAR ACCESS; AIR EMBOLISM; ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; FRONTAL SINUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAXILLARY SINUS; ORBIT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; ORBIT; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84912016961     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.10.036     Document Type: Article

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