Forensic Pathology Reviews
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F ORENSIC
P ATHOLOGY R EVIEWS
Volume 2
Edited by
Michael Tsokos, MD
Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Hamburg,
Hamburg, Germany
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Cover illustrations from Fig. 1, Chapter 10, “Arthropods and Corpses,” by Mark Benecke; Fig. 7, Chapter 2,
“Infant and Early Childhood Asphyxial Deaths: Diagnostic Issues,” by Roger W. Byard and Michael Tsokos;
Fig. 9, Chapter 8, “Sudden, Unexpected Death Related to Viral Myocarditis: A Survey of Histological, Immunohistochemical, and Molecularpathological Methods for the Postmortem Diagnosis,” by Reinhard Dettmeyer and Burkhard Madea; Fig. 1, Chapter 2, “Skull Injuries Caused by Blows With Glass Bottles,”
by Burkhard Madea, Peter H. Schmidt, Eberhard Lignitz, and Stephan A. Padosch; and Fig. 3, Chapter 3,
“Primary Cerebral Neoplasms as a Cause of Sudden, Unexpected Death,” by Jakob Matschke.
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Forensic pathology reviews, Volume 2 / edited by Michael Tsokos.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-58829-415-3 (alk. paper) 1. Forensic pathology. I. Tsokos, Michael.
RA1063.4.F675 2004 614.1—dc22
2003027503