Retinal hemorrhages in children following fatal motor vehicle crashes: A case series

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 800-804

  Kivlin, Jane D ^a   Currie, Melissa L ^c   Greenbaum, V Jordan ^d   Simons, Kenneth B ^a   Jentzen, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INJURY; FATALITY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MEDICAL RECORD; NERVE SHEATH; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOLD; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EYE HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 45149121988     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.6.800     Document Type: Article

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