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Contribution of distal femur MRI to the determination of the 18-year limit in forensic age estimation

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  1. Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Moléculaire et Imagerie de Synthèse (AMIS), UMR 5288, CNRS, 37 allées Jules Guesde, 31073, Toulouse Cedex, France

    Pauline Saint-Martin, Camille Rérolle, Fabrice Dedouit & Norbert Telmon

  2. Institut Médico-Légal, Hôpital Trousseau, CHRU Tours, 37044, Tours Cedex 9, France

    Pauline Saint-Martin & Camille Rérolle

  3. Pôle d’Imagerie Médicale, CHRU Tours, 37044, Tours Cedex 9, France

    Julien Pucheux

  4. Service de Médecine Légale, CHU Rangueil, Avenue du Professeur Jean Poulhès, 31403, Toulouse Cedex 4, France

    Fabrice Dedouit & Norbert Telmon

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Saint-Martin, P., Rérolle, C., Pucheux, J. et al. Contribution of distal femur MRI to the determination of the 18-year limit in forensic age estimation. Int J Legal Med 129, 619–620 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-014-1020-2

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