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Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology

Ausgabe 4/2019

Inhalt (34 Artikel)

Original Article

Combined determination of B-type natriuretic peptide and high-sensitivity troponin I in the postmortem diagnosis of cardiac disease

Rafael Bañón, Diana Hernández-Romero, Esperanza Navarro, María Dolores Pérez-Cárceles, José Antonio Noguera-Velasco, Eduardo Osuna

Original Article

Pregnancy-related and maternal deaths in Hamburg, Germany: an autopsy study from 1984 – 2018

Carolin Edler, Jan Peter Sperhake, Klaus Püschel, Ann Sophie Schröder

Original Article

Does the medical autopsy still have a place in the current diagnostic process? A 6-year retrospective study in two French University hospitals

Sarah Humez, Clémence Delteil, Claude Alain Maurage, Julia Torrents, Caroline Capuani, Lucile Tuchtan, Marie-Dominique Piercecchi

Technical Report

Quantification of odontological differences of the upper first and second molar by 3D-3D superimposition: a novel method to assess anatomical matches

Daniele Gibelli, Danilo De Angelis, Francesco Riboli, Claudia Dolci, Cristina Cattaneo, Chiarella Sforza

Technical Report

Post-mortem computed tomography as part of dental identification – a proposed guideline

Niels Dyrgaard Jensen, Sara Arge, Nikolaj Friis Hansen, Niels Lynnerup

Review

Skin lesions and traditional folk practices: a medico-legal perspective

Alessia Viero, Alberto Amadasi, Alberto Blandino, Alessandra Kustermann, Massimo Montisci, Cristina Cattaneo

Case Report

Intimomedial mucoid arterial degeneration, a rare arterial disorder of forensic significance

Kim Wiskott, Pia Genet, Johannes A. Lobrinus, Tony Fracasso, Christelle Lardi

Case Report

Sudden death in a case of recurrent Takotsubo syndrome

Chiara Toni, Francesca Iannaccone, Piersilvio Chella, Fulvio Basolo, Angela Pucci

Case Report

A complicated case of bowel obstruction with sepsis and methamphetamine toxicity in a child with pica

Christine Stevens, Erinn Ton, Prentiss Jones, Brandy Shattuck

Case Report

Bizarre use of log splitter: a case of decapitation

Amal Nishantha Vadysinghe, Balachandra Thambirajah

Case Report

Medico-legal considerations for Morel-Lavallée lesions

Quentin Scanvion, Erwan Le Garff, Didier Gosset, Valéry Hédouin, Vadim Mesli

Case Report

Immunodeficiency as a side effect of anabolic androgenic steroid abuse: a case of necrotizing myofasciitis

Giuseppe Bertozzi, Francesco Sessa, Francesca Maglietta, Luigi Cipolloni, Monica Salerno, Carmela Fiore, Palmira Fortarezza, Pietrantonio Ricci, Emanuela Turillazzi, Cristoforo Pomara

Open Access Commentary

Inconsistent classification of unexplained sudden deaths in infants and children hinders surveillance, prevention and research: recommendations from The 3rd International Congress on Sudden Infant and Child Death

Richard D. Goldstein, Peter S. Blair, Mary Ann Sens, Carrie K. Shapiro-Mendoza, Henry F. Krous, Torleiv O. Rognum, Rachel Y. Moon, Robert N. Anderson, Peter S. Blair, Elizabeth A. Bundock, Laura G. Crandall, Robert A. Darnall, Richard D. Goldstein, Fern Hauck, Robin L. Haynes, Barbara Himes, Susan Hollander, Ingrid A. Holm, Christine Keywan, Henry F. Krous, Betty McEntire, Edwin A. Mitchell, Rachel Y. Moon, Torleiv O. Rognum, Mary Ann Sens, Carrie K. Shapiro-Mendoza, Jan Sperhake, Barbara A. Sampson, Mark Super

Commentary

How reliable is parental/carer assessment of infant health status?

Roger W. Byard, Rebecca Shipstone, John M. D. Thompson, Jeanine Young

Images in Forensics

“Selfie”-related electrocution

Drazen Cuculic, Ivan Sosa

Images in Forensics

Fatal entrapment in a pool drainage system: a case report

Martina Focardi, Amalia Angelino, Beatrice Defraia, Edoardo Franchi, Vilma Pinchi

Images in Forensics

Positional asphyxia in a work-related fatality

Lucia Tattoli, Niccolò Dino Melloni, Giancarlo Di Vella

Images in Forensics

Pneumosinus Dilatans frontalis: a case of incidental autopsy diagnosis

Lorenzo Gitto, Serenella Serinelli

Images in Forensics

Fatal poisoning with diethylene glycol in an unusual setting

Daniel Wittschieber, Katrin Heuberger, Ronald Schulz, Helga Köhler, Karin Varchmin-Schultheiß

Images in Forensics

Asphyxiated while hunting for treasure: an unusual geocaching fatality

Ľubomír Straka, Martin Janík, Petr Hejna

Images in Forensics

Mortality from neonatal herpes simplex viremia causing severe hepatitis

Janet M. Basinger, Steven E. Fiester, James W. Fulcher

Images in Forensics

Sudden death in acrogeria Gottron type

Aniello Maiese, Raffaele La Russa, Valentina Fazio, Alessandra De Matteis, Paola Frati, Vittorio Fineschi

Differential Diagnosis

Differential diagnosis on discolorations of the skin in a case of suspected positional asphyxia

Alberto Amadasi, Michael Tsokos, Claas T. Bushmann

Letter to the Editor

Conventional X-ray as an additional tool in the analysis of fatal neck trauma

Henri M. de Bakker, Bernadette S. de Bakker

Letter to the Editor

On the usability of skull maceration in fatal head injuries caused by axes

Benjamin Ondruschka, Jan Dreßler, Niels Hammer, Rexson Tse, Ronny Bayer

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