Shaken baby syndrome: Re-examination of diffuse axonal injury as cause of death

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 317-329

  Oehmichen, Manfred ^a,d   Schleiss, Daniela ^a   Pedal, Ingo ^b   Saternus, Klaus Steffen ^c   Gerling, Ivana ^a   Meissner, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical cord; Diffuse axonal injury; Encephalopathy; Global brain hypoxia ischemia; Retinal bleeding; Shaken baby syndrome; Subdural hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY; NERVE ROOT INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SURVIVAL TIME;

BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME;

EID: 49049086910     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-008-0356-4     Document Type: Article

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