Nonaccidental head trauma in infants

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 499-507

  Gerber, Paula ^a   Coffman, Kathryn ^b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Children; Nonaccidental trauma; Shaken baby syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOREGULATION; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CELL DAMAGE; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CYTOTOXICITY; DECELERATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FALLING; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEAD INJURY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CENTER; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD ABUSE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34147144715     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0267-4     Document Type: Article

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