Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 225-227 , May 2007

Dramatic lightning injury with exit wound

  • O.P. Murty, MBBS, MD ((Associate Professor and Head Forensic Pathology Unit))

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 59100, Malaysia. Tel.: +60 3 79492912; fax: +60 3 79556845.

Received 27 February 2006 ,Revised 13 May 2006 ,Accepted 14 May 2006.

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PII: S1353-1131(06)00139-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.05.009

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 225-227 , May 2007

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