Abusive head injuries in infants and young children

Legal Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-87

  Case, Mary E ^a  

^a S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abusive head injury; Retinal hemorrhages; Subdural hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEAD INJURY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; NECK; NEUROANATOMY; SKULL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; HUMANS; INFANT; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33847083438     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2006.11.017     Document Type: Article

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