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  1. Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

    Grazia Menna, Gianpiero Tamburrini & Federico Bianchi

  2. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

    Grazia Menna & Gianpiero Tamburrini

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Grazia Menna: wrote the main manuscript text and prepared the pictures. Gianpiero Tamburrini: conceptualization and supervision. Federico Bianchi: review and editing of the paper.

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Menna, G., Tamburrini, G. & Bianchi, F. Shaken baby syndrome in Italy: socio-cultural and medico-legal perspective. Childs Nerv Syst 38, 2383–2385 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-022-05750-x

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