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Autopsy

Known as: Examinations, Postmortem, Examinations, Post-Mortem, Autopsies 
A postmortem examination of the body that includes an examination of the internal organs and structures after dissection to determine the cause of… 
National Institutes of Health

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CadaverClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyPostmortem ChangesSpecimen Source Codes - Autopsy

Broader (2)

Cessation of lifepostmortem study

Narrower (4)

Necropsy (autopsy), gross and microscopic; stillborn or newborn with brainNecropsy (autopsy), gross examination only; stillborn or newborn with brainNecropsy (autopsy), gross examination, macerated stillbornforensic autopsy

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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Intermittent positive-pressure hyperventilation with high inflation pressures produces pulmonary microvascular injury in rats.
The mechanisms by which intermittent positive-pressure ventilation with high inflation pressure (HIPPV) induces pulmonary edema… 
Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Alterations of the gas exchange apparatus in adult respiratory insufficiency associated with septicemia.
Lung tissue from 9 patients dying in different stages of an acute respiratory distress syndrome due to septicemia was fixed by a… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Factors affecting decomposition and Diptera colonization.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
A decrease of reelin expression as a putative vulnerability factor in schizophrenia.
Postmortem prefrontal cortices (PFC) (Brodmann's areas 10 and 46), temporal cortices (Brodmann's area 22), hippocampi, caudate… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
The mechanics of airway narrowing in asthma.
This study was designed to determine the potential importance of airway wall thickening in the pathogenesis of the excess airways… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Pork of low technological quality with a normal rate of muscle pH fall in the immediate post-mortem period: The case of the Hampshire breed.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Cutmarks made by stone tools on bones from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Fossils from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, show cutmarks which establish that hominids were using stone tools on animal tissues during… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Clinical and pathologic correlates of brain stem auditory response abnormalities
Short-latency auditory evoked responses were recorded in over 100 neurologic patients. Abnormalities of each response component… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Natural history of coarctation of the aorta
With the increasing number of subjects with coarctation of the aorta having operations, its natural history becomes more… 
Review
1966
Review
1966
Usefulness and limitations of radiographic methods for determining left ventricular volume.
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