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Histopathology of Selected Trauma

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The task of forensic traumatology and histopathological diagnosis is to: Prove an inflicted injury as such Establish whether the trauma was inflicted while alive (intravital) or following death (postmortem)Establish whether, in the case of intravital trauma, the age of the injury can be determined, and thus also whether survival time following injury infliction can be determined Establish whether trauma-related injuries correspond with an alleged crimeEstablish whether histopathological findings in individual cases are sufficiently specific to either prove or exclude a particular event or alleged crime.

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