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01-09-2017 | Letter to the Editor

Regarding the sudden death of a juvenile with rare TdT-negative T-LBL/T-ALL, splenic rupture, and mediastinal mass

Authors: Slobodan Nikolić, Vladimir Živković

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 3/2017

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In the article by Gascho et al. [1] “Splenic rupture and mediastinal mass associated with rare TdT-negative T-LBL/T-ALL lead to sudden death of a juvenile” [1], the most important information about the case is missing: what was the amount of blood in the abdominal cavity, caused by bleeding due to splenic rupture? …

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Title: Regarding the sudden death of a juvenile with rare TdT-negative T-LBL/T-ALL, splenic rupture, and mediastinal mass
Authors: Slobodan Nikolić
Vladimir Živković
Publication date: 01-09-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 3/2017
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-017-9843-z

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