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The author responds to critics formulated by W Squier regarding our paper “The legal challenges to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome Or: how to counter 12 common fake news.
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Vinchon, M. Answer to Squier et al. Childs Nerv Syst 38, 9–10 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-021-05415-1
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