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Chrétien F

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• Research Article
  Is Systematic Neuropathological Examination of the Whole Brain Ethically and Scientifically Licit in Forensic Context?
  
  Author(s): Charlier P, Cavard, Veneau, Gray, Chrétien, Hervé, Lorin de la Grandmaison G Charlier P, Cavard, Veneau, Gray, Chrétien, Hervé, Lorin de la Grandmaison G
  
  To date, the whole brain is classically freshly examined during the autopsy, and can be removed in entirety in order to perform a complementary neuropathological examination. Is-it legitimate to bury a corpse without the brain – this symbolic organ – in order to satisfy the physician’s curiosity and/or the scientific necessity? Indeed, brain is an organ with a strong symbolic signification. In order to estimate the accuracy of such post-mortem neuropathological examination of the whole brain, a brief survey was carried out in the Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine of the R. Poincaré University Hospital (West Paris, France) between 2009 and 2011. On a total of 32 brains (=13.4%) removed on a total of 238 autopsies of adult individuals (in a good state of preservation, without exteriorization of the intra-cranial structures) and get full analysis by a.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2332-0915.1000102

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