Lethal Consequences in an Infant with Myelomeningocele Following an Inadvertent Treatment
Myelomeningocele (MMC) is a protrusion of spinal cord contents and meninges through a vertebral defect. Iatrogenic deaths of patients with MMC are rarely encountered in forensic practice. In our case, a 3-month-old female was born with a lumbosacral cyst, the size of which had been increasing gradua...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jfsmonline.com/article.asp?issn=2349-5014;year=2016;volume=2;issue=3;spage=164;epage=166;aulast=Wu |