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Chapter 19 - Other Neurological Conditions and Age-Related Changes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2020

By
Linda E. Iles  and
Barbara J. Crain
Edited by
Kim A. Collins  and
Roger W. Byard
Kim A. Collins
Affiliation:
LifePoint Inc, South Carolina
Roger W. Byard
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide
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Summary

A complete forensic autopsy includes examination of the brain. When the decedent is elderly, the procedures for the macroscopic examination and the decisions about selecting areas for microscopic examination follow the same general principles that guide other forensic cases. In addition, however, the pathologist should also be able to recognize incidental age-related changes and to understand how the presentation of different disease processes may vary in the geriatric population.

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Geriatric Forensic Medicine and Pathology , pp. 310 - 320
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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