Mechanisms, clinical presentations, injuries, and outcomes from inflicted versus noninflicted head trauma during infancy: Results of a prospective, multicentered, comparative study

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 922-929

  Hymel, Kent P ^a,b   Makoroff, Kathi L ^c   Laskey, Antoinette L ^d   Conaway, Mark R ^e   Blackman, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Child abuse; Head trauma; Infants; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248164469     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3111     Document Type: Article

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