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Murine Model of Controlled Cortical Impact for the Induction of Traumatic Brain Injury
Published on: August 16, 2019
[Prolonged survival after severe craniocerebral injury caused by an ax strike]
1Abteilung Rechtsmedizin, Universität Ulm.
Archiv Fur Kriminologie
|March 1, 1993
Abstract:
The authors describe autopsy findings and neuropathological findings in the case of a man killed by an axe cut. Regardless of his expanded brain injuries he had survived for about 16 hours.
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