Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 228-230 , May 2007

Sudden death due to tuberculosis

  • Anand Menon, MD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
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  • Prateek Rastogi, MD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +09448501376.
  • ,
  • Urmila Khadilkar, MD (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India

Received 1 April 2006 ,Accepted 14 June 2006.

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PII: S1353-1131(06)00166-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.06.027

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 228-230 , May 2007