Advances and Future Directions of Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma: A Review of the Literature
Abusive head trauma (AHT) is broadly defined as injury of the skull and intracranial contents as a result of perpetrator-inflicted force and represents a persistent and significant disease burden in children under the age of 4 years. When compared to age-matched controls with typically single occurr...
Main Authors: | AM Iqbal O'Meara, Jake Sequeira, Nikki Miller Ferguson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-02-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neurology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2020.00118/full |
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