Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 90-93 , March 2010

Sudden death due to a hypopharyngeal mass during sleep: A case report

Received 8 October 2009 ,Revised 4 November 2009 ,Accepted 9 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.11.004

Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 90-93 , March 2010

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