Postmortem Computed Tomography Imaging in the Investigation of Nontraumatic Death in Infants and Children

Objective. To determine the accuracy of postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) for the assessment of causes in nontraumatic deaths in children. Study Design. We enrolled cases of nontraumatic deaths of infants and children who underwent PMCT at a single center. The presumed cause of death determined...

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Main Authors: Yukihiro Noda, Ken Yoshimura, Shoji Tsuji, Atsushi Ohashi, Hirohide Kawasaki, Kazunari Kaneko, Shigeki Ikeda, Hiroaki Kurokawa, Noboru Tanigawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/327903