Essential forensic neuropathology / [edited by] Juan C. Troncoso, Ana Rubio, David R. Fowler. - Baltimore, MD : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2010. - ix, 317 p. : ill. (chiely col.); 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Methods in forensic neuropathology -- Brief review of the anatomy of the head, spine, brain, and spinal cord -- External examination of the head, neck and spine -- Basic traumatic injuries and definition of common lesions -- Biomechanics of injury -- Traumatic brain injuries and dural hemorrhages -- Traumatic lesions of the brain -- Brain edema, increased intracranial pressure, and herniations -- Projectile and explosive injuries of the central nervous system -- Vascular diseases in forensic neuropathology -- Global vascular and metabolic injuries of the brain -- Lesions of the spinal cord -- Forensic aspects of brain tumors -- Sudden death of central nervous system origin in adults -- Sudden unexpected infant deaths -- Neuropathology of brain trauma in infants and children -- Ophthalmic pathologic findings in infantile traumatic brain injury -- Infections of the central nervous system -- Diseases of myelin -- Neurodegenerative diseases-- Elder abuse and neglect -- Intoxications -- New applications of postmortem neuroradiology in the forensic investigation of death -- Artifacts and mimickers.

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Forensic neurology.
Nervous system--Diseases.
Forensic Pathology--methods.
Autopsy--methods.
Central Nervous System--pathology.
Central Nervous System Diseases--pathology.
Trauma, Nervous System--pathology.

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