Medical findings and symptoms in infants exposed to witnessed or admitted abusive shaking: A nationwide registry study.

Medical findings and symptoms in infants exposed to witnessed or admitted abusive shaking: A nationwide registry study.

<h4>Background</h4>Many physicians regard the combination of encephalopathy, subdural haemorrhage (SDH), retinal haemorrhage (RH), rib fractures, and classical metaphyseal lesions (CML) as highly specific for abusive head trauma (AHT). However, without observed abuse or other criteria th...

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Main Authors: Ingemar Thiblin, Jacob Andersson, Knut Wester, Johan Wikström, Göran Högberg, Ulf Högberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240182

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