Coronal cleft vertebra initially suspected as an abusive fracture in an infant

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 836-838

  Aronica Pollak, Patricia A ^a   Stefan, Vincent H ^b   McLemore, Jerri ^c  

^a OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Forensic science; Fracture; Notochord regression failure

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONAL CLEFT VERTEBRA; EMERGENCY WARD; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

EID: 0037711616     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2002276     Document Type: Conference Paper

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