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A\(2{\raise0.5ex\hbox{$\scriptstyle 1$}\kern-0.1em/\kern-0.15em\lower0.25ex\hbox{$\scriptstyle 2$}}\)-year-old boy inflicted on his 7-day-old brother suction and bite injuries of the head with loss of tissue of nose and lips. Place of the incident was the parents' bed. The event motivated us to report on the assignment of such injuries and the reasons for sibling violence.
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Ein\(2{\raise0.5ex\hbox{$\scriptstyle 1$}\kern-0.1em/\kern-0.15em\lower0.25ex\hbox{$\scriptstyle 2$}}\)jähriger Knabe fügte seinem 7 Tage alten Bruder Saug- and Bißverletzungen des Kopfes mit Gewebsverlust an Nase and Lippen zu. „Tatort” war das Ehebett der Eltern. Das Ereignis wird zum Anlaß genommen, über die Zuordnung derartiger Verletzungsbilder und die Beweggründe von Gewaltäußerungen unter Geschwistern zu berichten.
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Hein, P.M., Pannenbecker, J. & Schulz, E. Bite injuries upon a newborn. Int J Leg Med 105, 53–55 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01371240
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