"Hyperacute" subdural hematoma: CT mimic of recurrent episodes of bleeding in the setting of child abuse

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 314-316

  Sargent, Steven ^a   Kennedy, John Gerald ^b   Kaplan, James A ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Neurosciences   (United States)

^c Office of Chief Medical Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Subdural hematoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD ABUSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029997401     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs15434j     Document Type: Article

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