Postmortem examinations using magnetic resonance imaging: four year review of a working service
- PMID: 12065265
- PMCID: PMC115853
- DOI: 10.1136/bmj.324.7351.1423
Postmortem examinations using magnetic resonance imaging: four year review of a working service
Comment in
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Postmortem radiology is useful but no substitute for necropsy.BMJ. 2002 Sep 7;325(7363):549. doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.549/a. BMJ. 2002. PMID: 12218004 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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