Assessment of Cervical Skeletal Trauma: The Synergistic Contribution of Forensic and Clinical Medicine to a Case of Corpse Concealment by Ilaria Tarozzi, Lorenzo Franceschetti, Valentina Bugelli

“…Fatal neck injuries represent a major challenge in forensic pathology because the anatomical complexity and high variability of neck structures make it often extremely difficult to differentiate true pathological findings from artifacts at autopsy. …”
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Melatonin and Mesenchymal Stem Cells as a Key for Functional Integrity for Liver Cancer Treatment by Ehab Kotb Elmahallawy, Yasser Mohamed, Walied Abdo, Tokuma Yanai

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Circular RNAs in Sudden Cardiac Death Related Diseases: Novel Biomarker for Clinical and Forensic Diagnosis by Meihui Tian, Zhipeng Cao, Hao Pang

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Comparison of LPS and MS-induced depressive mouse model: behavior, inflammation and biochemical changes by Xiaojin Yu, Hui Yao, Xiaohui Zhang, Lulu Liu, Shuangmei Liu, Youjing Dong

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Haemorrhagic Artefacts Produced by Ant Activity on Human Cadavers in the Early Post-Mortem Period by Yogesh Kumar, Edda E. Guareschi, Himender Bharti, Paola A. Magni

“…However, insect artefacts, such as footprints, defecations, regurgitations, and splatters are also considered within the disciplines of bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA), and ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) have been studied in forensic pathology for their potential to alter bodies. …”
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Evaluating the content validity of the undergraduate summative exam question papers of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology from 6 medical universities in India by Vijay Kautilya Dayanidhi, Arijit Datta, Shruti P Hegde, Preeti Tiwari

“…Results: From the results of the study, it was noted that 80% weightage was allotted to recall in most papers and only one paper tested for application. 70 to 80% of the marks were allotted to Forensic Pathology leading to disproportionate sampling. …”
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An Overview on the Use of miRNAs as Possible Forensic Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injury by Giuseppe Davide Albano, Chiara Stassi, Antonina Argo, Stefania Zerbo

“…Determining the cause of death is one of the main goals of forensic pathology. However, conditions can occur in which common approaches—external inspection, autopsy, histology, etc.…”
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Evaluation of Publication Rate of Forensic Medicine Specialty Theses in Turkey by Derya Çağlayan, Cemil Çelik, Ahsen Kaya, Ekin Özgür Aktaş

“…Most frequently article subjects were in the fields of Forensic Pathology (26%) and Forensic Psychiatry (23.4%). …”
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Evaluation of Publication Rate of Forensic Medicine Specialty Theses in Turkey by Derya Çağlayan, Cemil Çelik, Ahsen Kaya, Ekin Özgür Aktaş

“…Most frequently article subjects were in the fields of Forensic Pathology (26%) and Forensic Psychiatry (23.4%). …”
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External study possibilities of a dead body solution about the death occurrence from psychotropic and narcotic drug poisoning by Elena N. Travenko, Valeriy A. Porodenko

“…The study showed that forensic pathology rarely uses external signs that make up the profile of a corpse suspected of drug poisoning at the initial stage. …”
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Estimation of Late Postmortem Interval: Where Do We Stand? A Literature Review by Lorenzo Franceschetti, Alberto Amadasi, Valentina Bugelli, Giulia Bolsi, Michael Tsokos

“…Today, there is no precise and secure method to precisely determine time since death, and late postmortem interval estimation remains one of the most debated topics in forensic pathology. Many proposed methods have shown promising results, and it is desirable that with further studies some of them might become acknowledged techniques to resolve such a difficult and important challenge. …”
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Death Related to a Congenital Vascular Anomaly of Pulmonary Hamartoma Type: Malpractice or Tragic Fatality? by Maricla Marrone, Laura Marrone, Gerardo Cazzato, Stefania Lonero Baldassarra, Giuseppe Ingravallo, Alessandra Stellacci

“…In forensic pathology, apparently straightforward cases can often hide rarities that, if not correctly interpreted, can alter the results of the entire investigation, leading to misinterpretations. …”
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Forensic assessment of criminal maturity in juvenile homicide offenders in the United States by Michael Welner, Matt DeLisi, Heather M. Knous-Westfall, David Salsberg, Theresa Janusewski

“…Our qualitative guidelines for assessment of the relevant domains of criminal maturity and offender prognosis draw on the forensic psychiatry, forensic pathology, developmental psychopathology, and criminological literatures, our experiences in comparative research of murder, sex assault and other crimes, as well as decades of experience in forensic assessment. …”
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Nomogram prediction for the prediction of clinical pregnancy in Freeze-thawed Embryo Transfer by Qian Zhang, Xiaolong Wang, Yuming Zhang, Haiou Lu, Yuexin Yu

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Case report: Novel compound heterozygous variants in the PANK2 gene in a Chinese patient diagnosed with ASD and ADHD by Siqi Dong, Siqi Dong, Ya Tuo, Zihan Qi, Zihan Qi, Yuanfeng Zhang, Xiaoni Liu, Xiaoni Liu, Ping Huang, Xiangjun Chen, Xiangjun Chen, Xiangjun Chen

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The Importance of BHB Testing on the Post-Mortem Diagnosis of Ketoacidosis by Stina Ahlström, Johan Ahlner, Anna K. Jönsson, Henrik Green

“…Although beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) analysis has proved its importance in forensic pathology, its effects on cause-of-death diagnostics are unaddressed. …”
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Practical tips to using formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue archives for molecular diagnostics in a South African setting by Barbara S. van Deventer, Lorraine du Toit-Prinsloo, Chantal van Niekerk

“…Unfortunately, the use of tissue samples for molecular diagnostic applications is challenging; thus, the forensic pathology FFPE tissue archives in Africa have been a largely unexploited genetic resource, with the usability of DNA obtainable from these samples being unknown. …”
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Comprehensive postmortem analyses of intestinal microbiota changes and bacterial translocation in human flora associated mice. by Markus M Heimesaat, Silvia Boelke, André Fischer, Lea-Maxie Haag, Christoph Loddenkemper, Anja A Kühl, Ulf B Göbel, Stefan Bereswill

“…The rapid translocation of intestinal bacteria starting within a few minutes after death will help to distinguish between relevant bacteria and secondary contaminants thus providing important informations for routine applications and future studies in applied microbiology, forensic pathology, and criminal medicine.…”
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Organizational Ostracism: A Potential Framework in Order to Deal with It by Mona Mlika, Mehdi Ben Khelil, Nidhal Haj Salem

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Further evidence of misclassification of the injury deaths in South Africa: When will the barriers to accurate injury death statistics be removed? by P Groenewald, N Kallis, C Holmgren, T Glass, A Anthony, P Maud, Y Akhalwaya, E Afonso, I Niewoudt, L J Martin, C de Vaal, M Cheyip, D Morof, M Prinsloo, R Matzopoulos, D Bradshaw

“…To describe the injury cause-of-death profile from forensic pathology records collected for the National Cause-of-Death Validation (NCoDV) Project and compare it with profiles from other sources of injury mortality data. …”
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