The autopsy debate during the COVID-19 emergency: the Italian experience

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
² Candiolo Cancer Center, FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo, Torino, Italy.
³ Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Pathology Unit, University of Brescia School of Medicine, Spedali Civili Brescia, Italy.
⁴ Unit of Surgical Pathology and Cytogenetics, Niguarda Cancer Center, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Unit of Pathology, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy.
⁶ Unit of Surgical Pathology, S. Chiara Hospital, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari, Trento, Italy. mattia.barbareschi@apss.tn.it.

Review

Anna Sapino et al. Virchows Arch. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;476(6):821-823.

doi: 10.1007/s00428-020-02828-2.

¹ Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
² Candiolo Cancer Center, FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo, Torino, Italy.
³ Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Pathology Unit, University of Brescia School of Medicine, Spedali Civili Brescia, Italy.
⁴ Unit of Surgical Pathology and Cytogenetics, Niguarda Cancer Center, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Unit of Pathology, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy.
⁶ Unit of Surgical Pathology, S. Chiara Hospital, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari, Trento, Italy. mattia.barbareschi@apss.tn.it.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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