Aspects of Abuse: Abusive Head Trauma

Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 71-79

  Hinds, Tanya ^a   Shalaby Rana, Eglal ^a   Jackson, Allison M ^a   Khademian, Zarir ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA; ACCIDENT; BIRTH INJURY; BLEEDING DISORDER; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; INFANT; MANDATORY REPORTING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MANDATORY REPORTING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME;

EID: 84947034904     PISSN: 15385442     EISSN: 15383199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2015.02.002     Document Type: Review

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