Back to the Future - Part 1. The medico-legal autopsy from ancient civilization to the post-genomic era

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1069-1083

  Cecchetto, Giovanni ^a   Bajanowski, Thomas ^b   Cecchi, Rossana ^c   Favretto, Donata ^a   Grabherr, Silke ^d   Ishikawa, Takaki ^e   Kondo, Toshikazu ^f   Montisci, Massimo ^a   Pfeiffer, Heidi ^g   Bonati, Maurizio Rippa ^h   Shokry, Dina ⁱ   Vennemann, Marielle ^g   Ferrara, Santo Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

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

^f WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁱ CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bio Medicolegal sciences; Forensic autopsy; Forensic histopathology; Forensic pathology; Guidelines; Medico legal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ART; AUTOPSY; BOOK; FORECASTING; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TRENDS;

ANATOMY; AUTOPSY; FORECASTING; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE IN ART; MUMMIES; MUSEUMS; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85018835971     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-017-1584-8     Document Type: Review

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