The spectrum of postmortem ocular findings in victims of shaken baby syndrome

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 377-384

  Marshall, David H ^a,b   Brownstein, Seymour ^a,b,d   Dorey, Michael W ^a,b   Addison, David J ^a,b   Carpenter, Blair ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Head injury; Infants; Intraocular hemorrhage; Optic nerve; Perimacular folds; Retinal hemorrhage; Shaken baby; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Subdural hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD ABUSE; EYE INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EYE HEMORRHAGE; EYE INJURIES; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0035753667     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4182(01)80081-8     Document Type: Article

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