Menkes disease mimicking non-accidental injury

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 919-

  Bacopoulou, F ^a   Henderson, L ^a   Philip, S G ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HUMAN; MENKES SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

CHILD ABUSE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENKES KINKY HAIR SYNDROME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 33750631847     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.081836     Document Type: Article

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