Accidental traumatic head injury in infants and young children

Brain Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 583-589

  Case, Mary E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural hemorrhage; Head injury; Short falls; Subdural hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; BRAIN CONTUSION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRUSH TRAUMA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FALLING; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRAUMATOLOGY; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, INTRACRANIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SKULL; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 51249107508     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2008.00203.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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