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Heat-induced post-mortem defect of the skull simulating an exit gunshot wound of the calvarium

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Tsokos, M. Heat-induced post-mortem defect of the skull simulating an exit gunshot wound of the calvarium. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 7, 227–228 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-010-9215-4

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