Non-accidental injury: Review of the radiology

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-24

  Rao, P ^a   Carty, H ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ASPHYXIA; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; PERIOSTEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; SKULL INJURY; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VISCERA;

EID: 0032892105     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(99)91234-5     Document Type: Review

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