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Brain-Stem Injury and Long Survival—a Forensic Analysis

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Trauma and Regeneration

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum ((NEUROCHIRURGICA,volume 32))

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Out of 1781 autopsies undertaken on fatal head in injuries over a period of 19 years (1960–1979) there were 387 cases with brain-stern lesions; 15 of these had survived more than one month.

Detailed macroscopic and microscopical studies showed different types of damage, which could not be explained by secondary processes only. The cases are demonstrated and discussed from the forensic viewpoint.

Supported by grants of the “Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft”.

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  1. Institute of Forensic Medicine, Free University, Hittorfstrasse 18, D-1000, Berlin 33, Germany

    Dr. H. Bratzke

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  1. University Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

    J. Hume Adams M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., F.R.C.Path., F.R.C.P. (Professor of Neuropathology, Secretary-General, International Society of Neuropathology) (Professor of Neuropathology, Secretary-General, International Society of Neuropathology)

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Bratzke, H. (1983). Brain-Stem Injury and Long Survival—a Forensic Analysis. In: Adams, J.H. (eds) Trauma and Regeneration. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 32. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4147-2_15

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