@article{ref1,
title="Using muscle histology for assessment of vitality in hanging",
journal="Archiv für Kriminologie",
year="1997",
author="Sigrist, T. and Germann, U. and Markwalder, C.",
volume="200",
number="3-4",
pages="107-112",
abstract="The external and internal signs of vitality of hanging were often absent in a retrospective study of 55 cases of hanging. The histological examination of the cervical muscles however revealed in the majority of the cases &quot;vital&quot; changes in the muscle fibres, e.g. segmental or discoid fragmentation of the muscle fibres with loss of the sarcoplasmatic cross-striation. The histological examination is therefore a valid instrument for proofing the vitality of hanging and other forms of strangulation.<p /><p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0003-9225",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}