Cervical soft tissue lesions in the shaken infant syndrome: A case report

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 346-349

  Porzionato, Andrea ^a   Macchi, Veronica ^a   Aprile, Anna ^b   Caro, Raffaele De ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Section of Anatomy   (Italy)

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EID: 57149086465     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.48.4.346     Document Type: Article

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