autopsy
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Security holds are used by various law enforcement agencies to prevent the release of details from an autopsy, notes written by coroner’s investigators or results from toxicology and other tests during a death investigation.
From Los Angeles Times
He studied medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, where the highlight of his studies was a fellowship program doing autopsies.
When compared with autopsy samples from individuals without epilepsy, the tissue from TLE patients showed a five-fold increase in senescent glial cells.
From Science Daily
The investigation is ongoing and the medical examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
From Los Angeles Times
“It’s a pattern. I can’t ignore it,” said Frank van de Goot, a Dutch forensic pathologist who said he has performed autopsies on 18 crew members who showed signs of toxic exposures.
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