When a funduscopic examination is the clue of maltreatment diagnostic

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 495-496

  Barcenilla, Ana Isabel Curcoy ^a,b   De La Maza, Victoria Trenchs Sainz ^a   Cuevas, Nuria Conde ^a   Ballús, Marta Morales ^a   Castanera, Alicia Serra ^a   Fernández, Jordi Pou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Maltreatment; Retinal hemorrhages; Seizure; Shaken baby syndrome

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COURSE EVALUATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SEIZURE; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; SEIZURES; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME;

EID: 33746591228     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000227385.46143.20     Document Type: Article

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