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Ethmoidal labyrinth hemorrhage: a novel complement autopsy finding in fatal neck compression

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    Petr Hejna, Dalibor Kovařík, Lenka Zátopková & Štěpánka Pohlová Kučerová

  2. Department of Forensic Medicine, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, 036 59, Martin, European Union, Slovakia

    Martin Janík

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Hejna, P., Kovařík, D., Zátopková, L. et al. Ethmoidal labyrinth hemorrhage: a novel complement autopsy finding in fatal neck compression. Int J Legal Med 135, 1559–1562 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-021-02565-4

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