CASE-REPORT - DELAYED DEATH AFTER PRESSURE ON THE NECK - POSSIBLE CAUSAL MECHANISMS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MODE OF DEATH IN MANUAL STRANGULATION DISCUSSED

Authors
ANSCOMBE AM KNIGHT BH
Citation
Am. Anscombe et Bh. Knight, CASE-REPORT - DELAYED DEATH AFTER PRESSURE ON THE NECK - POSSIBLE CAUSAL MECHANISMS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MODE OF DEATH IN MANUAL STRANGULATION DISCUSSED, Forensic science international, 78(3), 1996, pp. 193-197
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Legal
Journal title
Forensic science international → ACNP
ISSN journal
03790738
Volume
78
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
193 - 197
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-0738(1996)78:3<193:C-DDAP>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Death from hypoxic cerebral damage 1 week after manual strangulation i s described, with a discussion of the competing pathophysiological mec hanisms responsible for the fatal outcome in this case, and in manual strangulation in general.