
Interpreting Bone Lesions and Pathology for Forensic Practice
- 296 pages
- English
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Interpreting Bone Lesions and Pathology for Forensic Practice
About this book
Interpreting Bone Lesions and Pathology for Forensic Practice presents a concise description of the necessary steps for the differential diagnosis of disease and trauma on skeletal remains. Information obtained from the pathological reactions of bone can be fundamental for forensic dilemmas, ranging from identification to understanding trauma. The book's authors aim to provide reliable tools for the appropriate interpretation of lesions on bone through macroscopic, radiological, histological and biomolecular analyses on skeletal remains.- Provides tools for the proper interpretation of bone pathology and lesions- Presents content that is based on modern and documented case studies- Includes bone pathological reactions that are crucial for interpreting trauma
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Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the authors
- About the Contributors
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. The Study of Bone Disease: Principles and Application to Forensics
- Chapter 2. Bone Homeostasis and Mechanisms
- Chapter 3. Infectious Diseases: Non-Specific and Specific Infections
- Chapter 4. Indicators of Stress: Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders
- Chapter 5. Diseases of Joints
- Chapter 6. Neoplastic Diseases
- Chapter 7. Calcified Residues of Soft Tissue Disease
- Chapter 8. Trauma
- Chapter 9. Biological Profile and Personal Identification
- Chapter 10. The Challenge of Taphonomic Alterations
- Chapter 11. Conclusions and the Future of Bone Pathology
- Index