Cervical spine MRI in abused infants

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-205

  Feldman, Kenneth W ^a,b   Weinberger, Edward ^a   Milstein, Jerrold M ^a   Fligner, Corinne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Odessa Brown Children's Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

abusive head injury; Cervical spinal cord trauma; Cervical spine MRI scan; Child abuse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD ABUSE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0031081187     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(96)00145-7     Document Type: Article

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