Occult intracranial injury in infants

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 680-686

  Greenes, D S ^a   Schutzman, S A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEAD INJURY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SCALP; SEIZURE; SKULL FRACTURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING;

EID: 0031770874     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70067-8     Document Type: Article

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