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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Law Med Ethics. 2008;36(2):298–212. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2008.00273.x

Table 1.

Total Number of Reports (N=157) Retrieved from PubMed.gov in which the Search String “Incidental Finding and Brain” was Identified(June 1969–July 2007)

NUMBER OF REPORTS PERCENTAGE OF REPORTS PERTAINING TO ADULT OR PEDIATRIC IFs
EMPIRICAL STUDIES 27 83% adult
17% pediatric
(13% found at autopsy; 13% multiple IFs)
CASE REPORTS 72 80% adult
20% pediatric
(13% found at autopsy; 0 multiple IFs [brain and other])
REVIEWS, NEWS ARTICLES, CORRESPONDENCE AND COMMENTARIES 22
ARTICLES NOT FOCUSING ON IFs IN THE HUMAN BRAIN 56