title: Hanging without knot in the noose.
abstract: Death by hanging is believed to be a painless method of committing suicide. In most cases the noose has a knot and on this basis only it can be labeled as atypical or typical hanging. A 35 year Chinese man committed suicide by hanging with a ligature material made of electric wire where there was no knot present on the noose.
authors.affiliation: University of Malaya, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology (Forensic Unit), 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. virendrakr@um.edu.my
authors.forename: Virendra
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013405:Suicide