Axonal injury and the neuropathology of shaken baby syndrome

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 625-631

  Shannon, P ^a   Smith, C R ^a   Deck, J ^b   Ang, L C ^c   Ho, M ^a   Becker, L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

amyloid precursor protein; Axonal injury; Shaken baby syndrome; Shaken infant

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE ROOT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL NERVE; WHITE MATTER;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; AXONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL SIZE; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYNDROME; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0031779916     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050849     Document Type: Article

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