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Postmortem wounds caused by cookie-cutter sharks (Isistius species): an autopsy case of a drowning victim

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Acknowledgments

We thank Dr. Kazuhiro Nakaya (Professor Emeritus of Hokkaido University, Japan), Tetsuji Miyazaki and Yoko Ihama (Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Japan) for their instruction on the character of the Isistius species and for their valuable assistance in providing photographs of the shark.

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  1. Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8544, Japan

    Takahito Hayashi, Eri Higo, Kazutoshi Ago & Mamoru Ogata

  2. Yatsushiro Coast Guard Station, Tenth Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, Japan Coast Guard, Kumamoto, 139 Minatomachi, Kumamoto, 866-0033, Japan

    Hideki Orito

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Hayashi, T., Higo, E., Orito, H. et al. Postmortem wounds caused by cookie-cutter sharks (Isistius species): an autopsy case of a drowning victim. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 11, 119–121 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-014-9597-9

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