Neuroimaging of nonaccidental head trauma: Pitfalls and controversies

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 827-838

  Fernando, Sujan ^a,d   Obaldo, Ruby E ^b   Walsh, Irene R ^c   Lowe, Lisa H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Child abuse; Neuroradiology; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GRAY MATTER; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; WHITE MATTER;

ACCIDENTS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NEURORADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 47249119728     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0729-1     Document Type: Review

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