Natural history of traumatic meningeal bleeding in infants: Semiquantitative analysis of serial CT scans in corroborated cases

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 755-762

  Vinchon, Matthieu ^a   Desurmont, Marie ^a   Soto Ares, Gustavo ^a   De Foort Dhellemmes, Sabine ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Accidental head trauma; CTscanner; Infant; Pathophysiology; Shaken baby syndrome; Subdural hematoma; Traumatic head injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL TRAUMA; ANAMNESIS; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL SINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLICTED HEAD INJURY; MALE; MENINGEAL HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE;

BRAIN; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MENINGES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954425449     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-009-1047-8     Document Type: Article

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