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Abusive head injuries in infants corroborated versus non-corroborated cases: more answers to more questions

Author: Matthieu Vinchon

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 11/2022

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Title: Abusive head injuries in infants corroborated versus non-corroborated cases: more answers to more questions
Author: Matthieu Vinchon
Publication date: 13-09-2022
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Abusive Head Injury
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Published in: Child's Nervous System / Issue 11/2022
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-022-05670-w

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