Intracranial vertebral artery dissection with subarachnoid hemorrhage following child abuse

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 600-602

  Nguyen, Pamela H ^a   Burrowes, Delilah M ^a   Ali, Saad ^a,b   Bowman, Robin M ^a   Shaibani, Ali ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial dissection; Child abuse

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; LETHARGY; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD ABUSE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34248638468     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0479-0     Document Type: Article

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