Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 3 , Pages 175-177 , April 2007

Acute bacterial meningitis as the cause of a traffic accident

  • Marcel A. Verhoff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, University of Gießen, Frankfurter Str. 58, D-35392 Gießen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 641 99 41425; fax: +49 641 99 41419.
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  • Edgar Bollensen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Hospital of Eschwege, Elsa-Brandström-Str. 1, D-37269 Eschwege, Germany
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  • Stephan Oehmke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, University of Gießen, Frankfurter Str. 58, D-35392 Gießen, Germany
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  • Günter Weiler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, University of Gießen, Frankfurter Str. 58, D-35392 Gießen, Germany

Received 18 April 2006 ,Revised 15 June 2006 ,Accepted 16 June 2006.

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PII: S1353-1131(06)00169-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.06.026

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 3 , Pages 175-177 , April 2007

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