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Published in: Child's Nervous System 9/2017

01-09-2017 | Author’s Reply

Response to Lyn∅e: questions about isolated trauma shaking and confessions

Author: Matthieu Vinchon

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 9/2017

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Thank you for your interest in our study and the interesting questions you raise. In this study, our aim was to validate and if possible sharpen the predictive value of clinical findings for the diagnostic of abusive head trauma (AHT) and to escape the “circularity trap” (basing the diagnosis on clinical findings then evaluating the diagnostic value of the same clinical finding). …
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Metadata
Title
Response to Lyn∅e: questions about isolated trauma shaking and confessions
Author
Matthieu Vinchon
Publication date
01-09-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 9/2017
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-017-3516-9

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