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Two extraordinary autoerotic fatalities

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  1. Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, Section of Legal Medicine, University of Turin, Corso Galileo Galilei 22, 10126, Torino, Italy

    Lucia Tattoli

  2. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Bari, P.zza G. Cesare, 11, 70124, Bari, Italy

    Biagio Solarino

  3. Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, University Medical Centre Charité, University of Berlin, Turmstr. 21, Building N, 10559, Berlin, Germany

    Michael Tsokos, Claas Buschmann & Lars Oesterhelweg

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Tattoli, L., Solarino, B., Tsokos, M. et al. Two extraordinary autoerotic fatalities. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 13, 102–106 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-016-9826-5

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