Orthopaedic aspects of paediatric non-accidental injury

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-195

  Jayakumar, P ^a,b   Barry, M ^a,b   Ramachandran, M ^a,b  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CERULOPLASMIN; COLLAGEN; COPPER; MAGNESIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE;

APNEA; BIOMECHANICS; BONE INJURY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DYSPNEA; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB FRACTURE; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOPENIA; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER FRACTURE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BRUISING; SKULL FRACTURE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINE INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA FRACTURE; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 76149127029     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B2.22923     Document Type: Review

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