ArticleForensic sciences research2023
Neuropathology consultation rates in medico-legal autopsies show substantial within-country variation-a nationwide Finnish study.
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- Comment on: Neuropathological diagnoses and age-related differences in Finnish medico-legal autopsies of individuals aged 65 years and older.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2026Article
- Neuropathological diagnoses and age-related differences in Finnish medico-legal autopsies of individuals aged 65 years and older.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2026Article
- Prevalence of epilepsy and seizure history in Finnish neuropathologically examined medico-legal autopsy cases with acute head injuries.BMC research notes · 2026Article
- Identifying patterns of neuropathological diagnoses in medico-legal autopsies - A latent class analysis of 1270 neuropathologically examined cases from Finland.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2026Article
- Neuropathologic findings and age-related differences in Finnish pediatric medico-legal autopsies.Journal of forensic sciences · 2026Article
- Identifying latent subgroups of primary head injury: an explorative latent class analysis on neuropathologically examined medico-legal autopsy cases.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2025Article
- Comparison of background characteristics and neuropathology findings between medico-legal autopsy cases with traumatic axonal injury, vascular axonal injury, or absence of axonal injury in β-amyloid precursor protein stain.International journal of legal medicine · 2025Article
- First year of in-house forensic neuropathology consultations in Helsinki, Finland.International journal of legal medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Neuropathology consultations are an essential part of medico-legal cause-of-death investigations. However, there are little data on the rates of neuropathological examinations in medico-legal autopsies. The present nationwide, retrospective, register-based study aimed to report and compare neuropathology consultation rates (i.e. the percentages of medico-legal autopsies with a neuropathology consultation) in five Finnish regions from 2016 to 2021. The dataset comprised 50 457 medico-legal autopsies with 1 274 neuropathology consultations. Overall, ~1 in 40 autopsies (2.5%) involved a neuropathology consultation. Consultation rates were lowest in the Southern Finland region (1.4%) and highest in the Southwestern Finland and Åland region (6.5%). Throughout the study period, the consultation rates of Southwestern Finland and Åland were 1.5 to 9.4 times those of other regions ( Key points: There are little data on the rates of neuropathology consultations in medico-legal autopsies.This Finnish study characterized regional differences in neuropathology consultation rates between 2016 and 2021.Overall, 1 in 40 autopsies (2.5%) involved a neuropathology consultation.The consultation rates of Southwestern Finland and Åland were 1.5 to 9.4 times those of other regions.Our findings may reflect regional differences in conventions and policies.
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