Ocular manifestations of child abuse

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1141-1142

  Elner, Victor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100;

BLINDNESS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EYE INJURY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOLD; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA INJURY; RETINOSCHISIS; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME;

EID: 49449093537     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.8.1141     Document Type: Editorial

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