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  1. Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Annamaria Govi & Federica Fersini

  2. Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Turmstr. 21 (Haus N), 10559, Berlin, Germany

    Annamaria Govi, Federica Fersini & Michael Tsokos

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Govi, A., Fersini, F. & Tsokos, M. Sudden death due to acute adrenal crisis. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 11, 445–447 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-014-9647-3

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