Shaken infant syndrome: Selected controversies

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 497-498

  Krous, Henry F ^a,b   Byard, Roger W ^c,d  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032755949     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100249900156     Document Type: Note

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