The shaken baby syndrome: A serious diagnosis on an insecure foundation?;Das schütteltrauma von säuglingen: Eine schwerwiegende diagnose auf unsicherem fundament?

Archiv fur Kriminologie

Volumn 221, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 65-86

  Maxeiner, Helmut ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bridging vein rupture; Child abuse; Shaken baby syndrome; Subdural bleeding

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AUTOPSY; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMA; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; INJURY; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; VEIN RUPTURE;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; MALE; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 42949159964     PISSN: 00039225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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