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

    Lucia Tattoli

  2. 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

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Tattoli, L., Buschmann, C.T. & Tsokos, M. Remarkable findings in suicidal hanging. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 10, 639–642 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-014-9558-3

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