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Copper-beaten skull appearance in the setting of Marfan syndrome

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This work was supported by Ministry of Science of Republic of Serbia, Grant No. 45005.

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    Vladimir Živković, Danica Cvetković & Slobodan Nikolić

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Živković, V., Cvetković, D. & Nikolić, S. Copper-beaten skull appearance in the setting of Marfan syndrome. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 14, 142–143 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-017-9929-7

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