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Postmortem Changes

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Forensic Pathology of Trauma

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After death, natural degradation of a body is manifest as a sequence of changes. Certain postmortem changes, despite being affected by numerous variables, remain rooted as popular methods in the determination of the time of death. A pathologist can also be faced with confounding postmortem changes and artifacts, which either alter real injuries or mimic trauma.

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