Skeletal surveys in infants with isolated skull fractures

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Wood, Joanne N ^a,b   Christian, Cindy W ^a,b   Adams, Cynthia M ^c   Rubin, David M ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Craniocerebral trauma; Fractures; Radiography; Skull fractures

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKIN INJURY; SKULL FRACTURE; BONE; INJURY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BONE AND BONES; CHILD ABUSE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 61549101555     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2467     Document Type: Article

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