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This article reviews the imaging modalities used to evaluate head trauma received as a consequence of child abuse, signs most indicative of intentional injury, and methods use to data injury. Knowledge of neuroimaging features of child abuse is useful to radiologists who may encounter these children and may be in a position to raise the question of intentional injuries.
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Green, C., Keith Smith, J. & Castillo, M. Imaging of head trauma in child abuse. Emergency Radiology 3, 34–42 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01508164
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