Issue 2/2020
Content (31 Articles)
Is ancestry, not natron, an explanation for fair haired children in Greco-Roman Egypt?
Janet Davey, Gale Spring
Morphometric research and sex estimation of lumbar vertebrae in a contemporary Spanish population
Alba Azofra-Monge, Inmaculada Alemán Aguilera
Assessment of neonaticide in the setting of concealed and denied pregnancies
Sophie Stenton, Marta C. Cohen
The added value of postmortem magnetic resonance imaging in cases of hanging compared to postmortem computed tomography and autopsy
Eva Deininger-Czermak, Jakob Heimer, Carlo Tappero, Michael J. Thali, Dominic Gascho
Persistence and detection of touch DNA and blood stain DNA on pig skin exposed to water
Eva Meixner, Venus Kallupurackal, Adelgunde Kratzer, Pamela Voegeli, Michael J. Thali, Stephan A. Bolliger
Safranin O without fast green is the best staining method for testing the degradation of macromolecules in a cartilage extracellular matrix for the determination of the postmortem interval
Armin Alibegović, Rok Blagus, Inigo Zubiavrre Martinez
The deliberate killing of a sheep with a fire extinguisher: a case report and experimental reconstruction study
Martin Peters, Peter Wohlsein
Structural abnormalities in the human diaphragm in drowning and hanging deaths: preliminary results
Eloy Girela-López, Cristina M Beltran-Aroca, Ignacio Jimena, Pablo Pérez-Jorge, Valentin Ramos-Medina, Ignacio Ruz-Caracuel, James R Gill, Jose Peña-Amaro
Odontological identification dental charts based upon postmortem computed tomography compared to dental charts based upon postmortem clinical examinations
Niels Dyrgaard Jensen, Pilar Cornejo Ulloa, Sara Arge, Dorthe Arenholt Bindslev, Niels Lynnerup
Visualization and documentation of perimortem traits in long bone fractures using computed tomography
Sarah Scheirs, Mònica Cos, Hannah McGlynn, Marisa Ortega-Sánchez, Assumpció Malgosa, Ignasi Galtés
Diagnostic role of postmortem CK-MB in cardiac death: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Chengyang Xu, Tianyi Zhang, Baoli Zhu, Zhipeng Cao
A practical guide to placental examination for forensic pathologists
Namita Mittal, Roger W. Byard, Jane E. Dahlstrom
A review of causal inference in forensic medicine
Putri Dianita Ika Meilia, Michael D. Freeman, Herkutanto, Maurice P. Zeegers
Death due to atypical urinothorax following percutaneous nephrolithotomy
Ray-Young Tsao, Thomas Duong, Joshua B. Brewster, Minhaj S. Khaja, Joseph A. Prahlow
Complete decapitation in suicidal hanging – a case report and a review of the literature
Maria Cristina Russo, Anna Antonietti, Davide Farina, Andrea Verzeletti
Quantitative analysis of aconitine in body fluids in a case of aconitine poisoning
Yong Soo Cho, Ho-Woong Choi, Byeong Jo Chun, Jeong Mi Moon, Joo-Young Na
Rapid development of an iatrogenic aortic dissection following transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Julian Geile, Elke Doberentz, Burkhard Madea
Hidden shot pellets on postmortem computed tomography and their utilization for radiologic identification of decedents
Dominic Gascho, Michael J. Thali, Stephan A. Bolliger
Cadaveric ichthyofauna of the Madeira River in the Amazon basin: the myth of man-eating piranhas
Murilo Sérgio Valente-Aguiar, Ana Cecília Falcão, Teresa Magalhães, Ricardo Jorge Dinis-Oliveira
Exsanguination from a puncture wound to arteriovenous fistula as the method of suicide in a chronic kidney disease patient
Vladimir Živković, Danica Cvetković, Slobodan Nikolić
Patterned bruising indicating a complete renal artery transection in a fatal occupational accident
Lucia Tattoli, Biagio Solarino
Complex fracture patterns in hanging associated with a fall from height
Alberto Amadasi, Claas T. Buschmann, Michael Tsokos
Fibrolipoma of the left ventricle: an uncommon incidental autopsy finding
Kleio Fragkouli, Antigoni Mitselou, Theodore Vougiouklakis
Natural cardiac death after stent implantation with iatrogenic injury of a coronary artery
Elke Doberentz, Anja Wegner, Julian Geile, Burkhard Madea
An unusual pattern of post-mortem injury caused by Australian fresh water yabbies (Cherax destructor)
Roger W. Byard
Exsanguination from arteriovenous fistula: suicide or chronic wound?
Petr Handlos, Klára Handlosová, Marek Joukal
Exsanguination from iatrogenic puncture of arteriovenous fistula
Ludwig Kutschera, Carsten Babian, Rexson Tse, Jan Dreßler, Benjamin Ondruschka
Exsanguination from arteriovenous fistula: anything is possible!
Vladimir Živković, Danica Cvetković, Slobodan Nikolić
Publisher Correction: A practical guide to placental examination for forensic pathologists
Namita Mittal, Roger W. Byard, Jane E. Dahlstrom