Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 6 , Pages 316-320 , August 2010

Postmortem diagnosis of acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis

  • B.Suresh Kumar Shetty, MD (Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College (Affiliated to Manipal University), Mangalore 575001, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 9886092392; fax: +91 824 2428183.
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  • Archith Boloor, MD (Senior Resident)

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Medicine, Kasturba Medical College (Affiliated to Manipal University), Mangalore 575001, India
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  • Ritesh G. Menezes, MD, DNB (Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College (Affiliated to Manipal University), Mangalore 575001, India
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  • Mahabalesh Shetty, MD (Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore, India
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  • Anand Menon, MD (Professor and Head)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College (Affiliated to Manipal University), Mangalore 575001, India
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  • K.R. Nagesh, MD (Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, India
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  • Muktha R. Pai, MD (Professor and Head)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College (Affiliated to Manipal University), Mangalore 575001, India
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  • Alka Mary Mathai, MD, DNB (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College (Affiliated to Manipal University), Mangalore 575001, India
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  • Prateek Rastogi, MD (Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College (Affiliated to Manipal University), Mangalore 575001, India
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  • Tanuj Kanchan, DFM, MD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College (Affiliated to Manipal University), Mangalore 575001, India
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  • Ramadas Naik, MD (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College (Affiliated to Manipal University), Mangalore 575001, India
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  • Preetham Raj Salian, MS (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Kasturba Medical College (Affiliated to Manipal University), Mangalore 575001, India
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  • Vipul Jain, MBBS (Intern)

      Affiliations

    • Kasturba Medical College (Affiliated to Manipal University), Manipal 576104, India
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  • Aneesh T. George, BDS, MSc (Research Fellow)

      Affiliations

    • South Asian Cochrane Center, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Received 20 October 2009 ,Revised 13 March 2010 ,Accepted 1 April 2010.

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PII: S1752-928X(10)00065-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2010.04.013

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 6 , Pages 316-320 , August 2010

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