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Autopsy continues to have an important role in allowing a better understanding of the causes of death and underlying diagnosis in many patients with neurological diseases. In the context of neurosurgery, autopsy is a valuable means of audit of death, and many neurodegenerative diseases cannot be diagnosed with accuracy during life. It is important that legal and ethical criteria are followed when undertaking autopsies.
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Hilton, D.A., Shivane, A.G. (2021). Autopsies. In: Neuropathology Simplified. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66830-3_15
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