Inflicted head injury in infants: Issues arising from the Geddes hypothesis [3]

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 714-715

  Punt, J ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURT; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EXPERT TESTIMONY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; NEWSPAPERS; PEDIATRICS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME;

EID: 33746889053     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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1. Richards PG, Bertocci GE, Bonshek RE, et al. Shaken baby syndrome. Arch Dis Child 2006;91:205-6.
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3. Arthur C. Gentle shaking can cause fatal brain damage in babies, research shows. The Independent 14 June, 2001.
4. Meek J. Even mild shaking "puts baby at risk": research could aid appeals against child killing convictions. The Guardian 14 June, 2001.
5. R v Harris; R v Rock; R v Cherry; R v Faulder [2005] EWCA Crim 1980, [at para 58].
6. Punt J, Bonshek RE, Jaspan T, et al. The "unified hypothesis" of Geddes et al is not supported by the data. Pediatric Rehabilitation 2004;7:173-84.