Retinal haemorrhages in- head trauma resulting from falls: Differential diagnosis with non-accidental trauma in patients younger than 2 years of age

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 815-820

  Trenchs, V ^a   Curcoy, A I ^a   Morales, M ^a   Serra, A ^a   Navarro, R ^a   Pou, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Falls; Head injury; Non accidental trauma; Retinal haemorrhages; Shaken baby syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SKULL FRACTURE; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 44649103373     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-008-0583-y     Document Type: Article

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