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Pediatric head injuries from earthquakes

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By means of some illustrations, the authors briefly report the effects of some accidental head injuries caused by diverse mechanisms occurring in children. Many of these accidents seem to be preventable, but others are completely unavoidable and escape prevention as the one that is depicted in the cover of this issue.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are indebted to Mr. Ignacio García Tornel (Nacho García), professional photographer, for permission to publish the photograph of the child's rescue that appears in this paper. This photograph was initially published in the front page of several national and international newspapers.

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  1. Regional Service of Neurosurgery, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, 30120, El Palmar, Murcia, Spain

    Juan F. Martinez-Lage, María-José Almagro & Antonio López López-Guerrero

  2. Avda. Alfonso X el Sabio 14, 1º B, 30008, Murcia, Spain

    Carlos Martínez-Lage Azorín

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Martinez-Lage, J.F., Almagro, MJ., López-Guerrero, A.L. et al. Pediatric head injuries from earthquakes. Childs Nerv Syst 28, 1671–1674 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-012-1874-x

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