An abused five-month-old girl: Hangman's fracture or congenital arch defect?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-65

  Van Rijn, R R ^a,b   Kool, D R ^a   De Witt Hamer, P C ^a   Majoie, C B ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Congenital arch defect; Hangman's fracture; Spine; Spondylolysis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD ABUSE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 20444389392     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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