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Chun-Ting Chiang1,2, Yumi Hoshioka3, Yohsuke Makino3,4

  • 1Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan. altanasia.chiang@gmail.com.

概括

死后计算机断层扫描 (CT) 对于诊断肌肉炎,特别是老年人的诊断非常有价值. 这项研究发现,CT成像对于在尸体解剖中检测这种感染是有用的,即使没有外部迹象.

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