Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 275-278 , July 2007

Death in epileptic people: a review of Manitoba’s medical examiner’s cases

  • Sholeh Barooni, MD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Ghods Avenue, Poursina Street, Tehran 14155, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +98 21 6640 5588; fax: +98 21 6640 5588.
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  • A. Thambirajah Balachandra, MBBS, FRCPC (Chief Medical Examiner)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man., Canada
    • ,
  • Lesley Lee (Medical Examiner’s Investigator)

      Affiliations

    • Medical Examiner’s Investigator, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Manitoba Justice, Winnipeg, Man., Canada

Received 4 September 2006 ,Revised 3 October 2006 ,Accepted 30 October 2006.

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PII: S1353-1131(06)00219-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.10.005

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 275-278 , July 2007

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