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Gastric mucosal lacerations in drowning: resuscitation artifact or sign of death by drowning (“Sehrt’s sign”)?

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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

    Claas T. Buschmann & Michael Tsokos

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

    Simone Schmid

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Buschmann, C.T., Schmid, S. & Tsokos, M. Gastric mucosal lacerations in drowning: resuscitation artifact or sign of death by drowning (“Sehrt’s sign”)?. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 11, 312–313 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-014-9641-9

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