Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 101-103 , February 2009

Acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis – A case of sudden death

  • Tanuj Kanchan, DFM, MD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Light House Hill Road, Mangalore, Karnataka 575 001, India
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  • Mahabalesh Shetty, MD (Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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  • K.R. Nagesh, MD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Light House Hill Road, Mangalore, Karnataka 575 001, India
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  • Urmila Khadilkar, MD (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Light House Hill Road, Mangalore, Karnataka 575 001, India
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  • B. Suresh Kumar Shetty, MD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Light House Hill Road, Mangalore, Karnataka 575 001, India
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  • Anand Menon, MD (Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Light House Hill Road, Mangalore, Karnataka 575 001, India
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  • Ritesh G. Menezes, MD, DNB (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Light House Hill Road, Mangalore, Karnataka 575 001, India
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  • Prateek Rastogi, MD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Light House Hill Road, Mangalore, Karnataka 575 001, India

Received 8 October 2007 ,Accepted 16 August 2008.

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PII: S1752-928X(08)00153-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.08.006

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 101-103 , February 2009

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