Shaken baby syndrome: A medicolegal problem

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1205, 2004, Pages

  Clemetson, C Alan B ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; HISTAMINE;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ACCURACY; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HISTAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; LETTER; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; SCURVY; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; STRESS; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; VACCINATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LEGAL ASPECT;

CHILD ABUSE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; SCURVY; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME;

EID: 16644395851     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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