Subdural haematomas and physical abuse in the first two years of life

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 352-357

  Trenchs, Victoria ^a,b   Curcoy, Ana Isabel ^a   Navarro, Ramón ^a   Pou, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children, maltreatment; Non accidental head injury; Retinal haemorrhage; Shaken baby syndrome; Subdural haematoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BATTERING; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SEIZURE; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME;

EID: 34548448942     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106382     Document Type: Article

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