Minimally invasive, imaging guided virtual autopsy compared to conventional autopsy in the foetus, infant and child: study protocol for the paediatric virtual autopsy trial
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Department of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland University Children’s Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland Division of Obstetrics, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland Division of Biostatistics, University of Zurich Institute for Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland Department of Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland Corresponding author
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Minimally invasive, imaging guided virtual autopsy compared to conventional autopsy in foetal, newborn and infant cases: study protocol for the paediatric virtual autopsy trial
BACKGROUND In light of declining autopsy rates around the world, post-mortem MR imaging is a promising alternative to conventional autopsy in the investigation of infant death. A major drawback of this non-invasive autopsy approach is the fact that histopathological and microbiological examination of the tissue is not possible. The objective of this prospective study is to compare the performan...
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تاریخ انتشار 2013