Technical Communication: Rationale and Technique for Examination of Nervous System in Suspected Infant Victims of Abuse

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-32

  Judkins, Alexander R ^a,c   Hood, Ian G ^b   Mirchandani, Haresh G ^b   Rorke, Lucy B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Philadelphia Off Med Examiner   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain and spinal cord injuries; Child abuse; Dissection techniques; Shaken battered baby

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CHILD ABUSE; EYE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; SKULL; SPINE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1342331825     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000113811.85110.54     Document Type: Article

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