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Fatal intraabdominal bleeding from ectopic varices: report of two autopsy cases

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

    Takahito Hayashi, Claas Buschmann & Michael Tsokos

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

    Takahito Hayashi

  3. State Institute of Forensic Medicine, Turmstr. 21, Building L, 10559, Berlin, Germany

    Dejana Matejic & Michael Tsokos

  4. Institute of Pathology, University Medical Centre Charité, University of Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany

    Barbara Ingold

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Hayashi, T., Buschmann, C., Matejic, D. et al. Fatal intraabdominal bleeding from ectopic varices: report of two autopsy cases. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 9, 96–99 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-012-9326-1

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