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Acute mesenteric ischaemia and unexpected death
Abstract: Acute mesenteric ischaemia is a vascular emergency that arises when blood flow to the intestine is compromised leading to tissue necrosis. It is primarily a condition of the elderly associat...
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Roger W. Byard
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Testamentary capacity: A practical guide to assessment of ability to make a valid will
Abstract: Medical practitioners are occasionally requested to provide opinions on people’s ability to make a valid will. Moreover, if a will is challenged subsequent to the death of the testator, the ...
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K.M. Kennedy
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191-195
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Abusing female children by circumcision is continued in Egypt
Summary: Female circumcision is a frank picture of female child abuse that is practised widely in many countries especially in Africa. This procedure is considered a fundamental violation of human rig...
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Abeer Ahmed Zayed,
Abla Abdelrahman Ali
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196-200
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Osmium impregnation detection of pulmonary intravascular fat in sudden death: A study of 65 cases
Abstract: Pulmonary fat embolism is widely recognised in forensic pathology. Pulmonary fat embolism requires mobilisation of free fat, entry of free fat into the circulation and lodging of fat globule...
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Patrick J.H. Kim,
Michael S. Pollanen
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201-206
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Study of defence injuries in homicidal deaths – An autopsy study
Abstract: In order to determine specific patterns and distribution of defence injuries, this study was conducted on 121 homicidal deaths which showed defence injuries in 40 (33%) cases. Of these 40 vi...
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Basappa S. Hugar,
S. Harish,
Y.P. Girish Chandra,
S. Praveen,
S.H. Jayanth
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207-210
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Multiplication factor versus regression analysis in stature estimation from hand and foot dimensions
Abstract: Estimation of stature is an important parameter in identification of human remains in forensic examinations. The present study is aimed to compare the reliability and accuracy of stature est...
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Kewal Krishan,
Tanuj Kanchan,
Abhilasha Sharma
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211-214
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Evaluating the functional impairment of assault survivors in a judicial context – A retrospective study
Abstract: Background: The description of traumatic injuries and the outcome on functioning are major items of the evaluation of assault survivors. French law quantifies the seriousness of committed vi...
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Thomas Lefèvre,
Hugo Briffa,
Guy Thomas,
Patrick Chariot
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215-218
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The value of radius bone in prediction of sex and height in the Iranian population
Abstract: Objective: Measurement of anthropometric parameters of long bones can be applied in sex determination and height prediction. The aim of this study was to investigate the value of length of t...
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Mitra Akhlaghi,
Ardeshir Sheikhazadi,
Atusa Ebrahimnia,
Mahrang Hedayati,
Bashir Nazparvar,
Seyed Hosein Saberi Anary
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219-222
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Postmortem burning of the corpses following homicide
Abstract: Although there have been a great number of studies focussing on antemortem burns or fire-related deaths, the present study is the first dealing exclusively with postmortem burnings aiming to...
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Ali Rıza Tümer,
Ramazan Akçan,
Emre Karacaoğlu,
Aysun Balseven-Odabaşı,
Alper Keten,
Çiğdem Kanburoğlu,
Melih Ünal,
Ahmet Hakan Dinç
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223-228
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Medico-legal considerations in a case of splenic injury that occurred during colonoscopy
Abstract: Colonoscopy has became the gold standard diagnostic and therapeutic treatment for rectum and colon diseases. The splenic injury is a rare complication of colonoscopy and relatively few cases...
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Chiara Zandonà,
Stefania Turrina,
Nicole Pasin,
Domenico De Leo
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229-233
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Homicidal smothering on toilet paper: A case report
Abstract: Toilet paper is a ubiquitous personal hygiene product that is usually considered harmless. It was reported however to have been used as a mean of self-destruction in two unusual suicides, an...
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Pauline Saint-Martin,
Thierry Lefrancq,
Anny Sauvageau
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234-235
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Adenomyomatous polyp of the uterus: Report of an autopsy case and review of the literature
Abstract: Adenomyomatous polyps of the endometrium are a rare subtype of endometrial polyps. In addition to the usual features of endometrial polyps, they also contain a smooth muscle component. Gross...
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Y.P. Raghavendra Babu,
Raj Kumar Karki,
Ritesh G. Menezes,
P.P. Jagadish Rao,
B. Suresh Kumar Shetty,
Kausalya Kumari Sahu
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236-238
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Tobacco toxicity ignored as a cause of death. Why?
Under the UK Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, the Medical Certificates of the cause of death stratify those causes into (a) the disease or condition directly leading to death followed by other...
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William Patrick Tormey
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An alternative model of a forensic autopsy service
New Brunswick is an Eastern Canadian province with a population of approximately 720,000 and a low homicide rate (1.6/100,000 in 2009). Like some other jurisdictions in North America, death investigat...
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Ken Obenson
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Reponse to: L. Love., “My experience of the DFCASA exam including recommendations to potential candidates” [J Forensic Legal Med 2011;19:4]
I felt very much encouraged by the above article and hope that I may be permitted to respond.
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Trevor Beedham
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On ‘atypical suicidal’ cut throat injuries
It was with great interest that we read the article by Shetty et al., particularly concerning the differential diagnostic issue of whether it was an unusual case of suicide or homicide. Shetty et al. ...
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Giulia Pintore,
Emine Meral Inelmen,
Enzo Manzato
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Alcimedes
A Canadian meta-analysis study published in the BMJ has further fuelled the “Cannabis debate” by claiming that cannabis users are approximately twice as likely to cause a vehicle crash as non-users. T...
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