The negative coroner's necropsy: A personal approach and consideration of difficulties W Lawler ''autopsies reveal diseases and lesions that the person lived with and not necessarily those which killed him".' Coe also estimates that 5-10% of all sudden unexpected deaths show no gross anatomic cause of death at necropsy.3 Personal approach to the problem When a "negative" necropsy is encountered, four sequential steps (review, consider, rereview and conclude) are helpful. In more, detail these are:
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