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Necrotizing fasciitis: case series and review of the literature on clinical and medico-legal diagnos...

Necrotizing fasciitis: case series and review of the literature on clinical and medico-legal diagnos...

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Necrotizing fasciitis: case series and review of the literature on clinical and medico-legal diagnostic challenges

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Full title

Necrotizing fasciitis: case series and review of the literature on clinical and medico-legal diagnostic challenges

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Journal title

International journal of legal medicine, 2018-09, Vol.132 (5), p.1357-1366

Language

English

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Publication information

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a life-threatening infection of soft tissues spreading along the fasciae to the surrounding musculature, subcutaneous fat and overlying skin areas that can rapidly lead to septic shock and death. Due to the pandemic increase of medical malpractice lawsuits, above all in Western countries, the forensic pathologist is fr...

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Full title

Necrotizing fasciitis: case series and review of the literature on clinical and medico-legal diagnostic challenges

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2023407609

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2023407609

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ISSN

0937-9827

E-ISSN

1437-1596

DOI

10.1007/s00414-018-1838-0

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