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Comments on unassisted smothering in a pillow
A case of homicidal smothering with a pillow is reported. The vital aspiration of fibres was proven by microscopic examination of a tracheobronchial...
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Female homicidal strangulation in urban South Africa
BackgroundFemale strangulation in South Africa occurs in a context of pervasive and often extreme violence perpetrated against women, and therefore...
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Evaluation of forensic perinatal and neonatal autopsies in Istanbul
ObjectiveAutopsy findings play an important role in prevention of perinatal and neonatal deaths. Therefore, we attempted to reveal demographic and...
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Unnatural death in the elderly
The objective of the study was to determine the unnatural manner and causes of death in older people, defined as individuals at least 60 years of age...
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Aconitine involvement in an unusual homicide case
We describe a homicide complicated by an aconitine poisoning, which was initially thought to be a strangulation case. Routine toxicological analyses...
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Investigation of the Sudden Death of Infants: A Multicenter Analysis
The investigation of sudden death of infants varies, and death rates may depend on local practices of death certification. We studied the extent of...
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Three subsequent infanticides covered up as SIDS
Within a period of 9 years a young woman lost 3 daughters during infancy and each time death was attributed to the sudden infant death syndrome. The...
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Neuronal apoptosis following human brain injury
Neuronal apoptosis has been investigated in paraffin-embedded brain tissue from 103 individuals who had sustained blunt head injury by use of the in...
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Intracartilaginous haemorrhagic lesions in strangulation?
This case control study was designed to investigate if laryngeal haemorrhages occur in cases of strangulation and whether these lesions are specific...
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Intranuclear ubiquitin immunoreactivity of the pigmented neurons of the substantia nigra in fatal acute mechanical asphyxiation and drowning
To evaluate the significance of immunohistochemical staining of ubiquitin (heat shock protein) in the midbrain for the medico-legal diagnosis of...
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Strangulation injury, A fatal form of child abuse
Strangulation is a common method of committing murder, though underreported in Indian literature. We managed a girl child, victim of child abuse who...
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Attempted homicide by electrocution
Attempted homicide by the application of a high-voltage, low-amperage current is reported in an elderly male. An electrician constructed an...
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Infant Homicide: Victim/Offender Relationship and Causes of Death
The phenomenon of infant homicide (infanticide) has been examined, explained, justified, and treated according to physiological, psychiatric, and...
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Retrospective study on skin reddenings and petechiae in the eyelids and the conjunctivae in forensic physical examinations
Skin reddening with or without additional changes such as pinpoint intracutaneous hemorrhages and/or minute superficial scratches was observed in...
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Pulmonary giant cells and traumatic asphyxia
A morphometrical analysis was performed to elucidate the significance of pulmonary polynuclear giant cells as a histological sign of asphyxiation. A...
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Conceptualizations, measurement, and effects of prenatal maternal stress on birth outcomes
This article analyzes the conceptual and methodological approaches which have been used to investigate effects of prenatal maternal stress on birth...
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Homicidal and camouflaged carbon monoxide poisoning in Japan
There were 1,985 fatal cases of CO poisoning in the Tōhoku district of Japan in the period from 1969 to 1980. Among them, 1,322 cases were suicidal,...
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A case of poisoning by solanum nigrum
Poisoning due to eating berries of plants of the Solanaceae order has seldom been reported in Ireland. This case is recorded because it is unusual as...