Could vitamin C deficiency have a role in shaken baby syndrome? [2]

Pediatrics International

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 753-755

  Fung, Eva Lai Wah ^a,b   Nelson, Edmund Anthony Severn ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; HISTAMINE;

ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; LETTER; METABOLIC DISORDER; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCURVY; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME;

EID: 11844249264     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2004.01977.x     Document Type: Letter

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