Parietal pseudofracture and spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage suggesting nonaccidental trauma: Report of 2 cases

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 318-322

  Fenton, L Z ^a   Sirotnak, A P ^a   Handler, M H ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Connective tissue fissure; Herpes simplex virus; Intracranial hemorrhage; Nonaccidental trauma; Parietal fissure; Skull fracture; Vitamin K deficiency

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE DEFECT; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; FEVER; HERPES; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; NEWBORN; PALLOR; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY; VOMITING;

AUTOPSY; CHILD ABUSE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; PARIETAL BONE; SKULL FRACTURES; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0034487411     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000055978     Document Type: Article

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