Usefulness of MRI detection of cervical spine and brain injuries in the evaluation of abusive head trauma

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 839-848

  Kadom, Nadja ^a,c   Khademian, Zarir ^a   Vezina, Gilbert ^a   Shalaby Rana, Eglal ^a   Rice, Amy ^b   Hinds, Tanya ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Independent Consultant (Biostatistics)   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Cervical spine; Child abuse; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CERVICAL SPINE; DIAGNOSIS; INFANT; PATHOLOGY; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84903473108     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-014-2874-7     Document Type: Article

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