Case 2: Fractures in under-6-month-old exclusively breast-fed infants born to immigrant parents: Nonaccidental injury? (Case Presentation)

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 836-837

  Senniappan, Senthil ^a   Elazabi, Ahmed ^a   Doughty, Ian ^a   Mughal, M Zulf ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 44849133205     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00790.x     Document Type: Article

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