Subdural haemorrhages in infants: population based study
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Subdural haemorrhages in infants: population based study.
OBJECTIVES To identify the incidence, clinical outcome, and associated factors of subdural haemorrhage in children under 2 years of age, and to determine how such cases were investigated and how many were due to child abuse. DESIGN Population based case series. SETTING South Wales and south west England. SUBJECTS Children under 2 years of age who had a subdural haemorrhage. We excluded ne...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7172.1558