Legal Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 6 , Pages 278-284 , November 2009

Frequency, types and causes of intraventricular haemorrhage in lethal blunt head injuries

Received 5 June 2009 ,Revised 31 July 2009 ,Accepted 26 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.08.005

Legal Medicine
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