Subdural hematoma in infants without accidental or nonaccidental injury: Benign external hydrocephalus, a risk factor

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 897-903

  Ghosh, Partha S ^a   Ghosh, Debabrata ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

benign external hydrocephalus; children; nonaccidental injury; subdural hematoma

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN EXTERNAL HYDROCEPHALUS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INJURY; IRRITABILITY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SYMPTOM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HEAD; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SKULL; SUBDURAL SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80053229569     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922811406435     Document Type: Article

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