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Single impact trauma and bilateral skull fractures in infants

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  1. College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, KSA, Saudi Arabia

    Ibrahem Albalkhi

  2. Department of Neuroradiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK

    Ibrahem Albalkhi, Asthik Biswas & Kshitij Mankad

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K.M. conceived of the study. I.A. and A.B. drafted the manuscript. All authors critically reviewed and revised the manuscript.

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Albalkhi, I., Biswas, A. & Mankad, K. Single impact trauma and bilateral skull fractures in infants. Pediatr Radiol 53, 2759–2760 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-023-05786-4

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