Current Issue 10 May 2012, Vol. 218, No. 1

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Can ethyl glucuronide in hair be determined only in 3cm hair strands?
10 May 2012(Vol. 218 | No. 1 | Pages 3-9)
Ronald Agius, Liliane Martins Ferreira, Michel Yegles

Ethyl glucuronide in hair – A highly effective test for the monitoring of alcohol consumption
10 May 2012(Vol. 218 | No. 1 | Pages 10-14)
Ronald Agius, Thomas Nadulski, Hans-Gerhard Kahl, Bertin Dufaux

Automated fast procedure for the simultaneous extraction of hair sample performed with an automated workstation
10 May 2012(Vol. 218 | No. 1 | Pages 15-19)
I. Angeli, M. Minoli, A. Ravelli, F. Gigli, F. Lodi

Subdural hemorrhage: A unique case involving secondary vitamin K deficiency bleeding due to biliary atresia
18 May 2012
Masashi Miyao, Hitoshi Abiru, Munetaka Ozeki, Hirokazu Kotani, Tatsuaki Tsuruyama, Naho Kobayashi, Tadaki Omae, Toshio Osamura, Keiji Tamaki
Abstract: Extrahepatic biliary atresia (EHBA) is a rare disease characterized by progressive and obliterative cholangiopathy in infants and is one of the major causes of secondary vitamin K deficiency...
Comparison of methods to determine sex by evaluating the greater sciatic notch: Visual, angular and geometric morphometrics
18 May 2012
Jorge A. Gómez-Valdés, Mirsha Quinto-Sánchez, Antinea Menéndez Garmendia, Jana Veleminska, Gabriela Sánchez-Mejorada, Jaroslav Bruzek
Abstract: Sex estimation is the first step for biological profile reconstruction of an unknown skeleton (archaeological or contemporary) and consequently for positive identification of skeletal remain...
Age estimation in children by measurement of open apices in tooth roots: Study of a Mexican sample
17 May 2012
Stefano De Luca, Stefania De Giorgio, Andrea Carlo Butti, Roberto Biagi, Mariano Cingolani, Roberto Cameriere
Abstract: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to test the accuracy of Cameriere's European formula for age assessment in a large sample of Mexican children. The accuracy of dental age estimation...
Kinking of a coronary artery as a rare complication in mitral valve replacement
14 May 2012
C. Schyma, G. Kernbach-Wighton, B. Madea
Abstract: We present the case of a 70-year old woman who had elective mitral and aortic valve surgery. She underwent surgery without complications for about 4h until 4 pm. Approx. 3h after surgery her...
Estimation of sex from hand and handprint dimensions in a Western Australian population
14 May 2012
Nur-Intaniah Ishak, Naomi Hemy, Daniel Franklin
Abstract: A number of recent studies have demonstrated that sex can be estimated with a high degree of expected accuracy through the analysis of anthropometric measurements of the hand. Presently, how...

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