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Imaging of head trauma in child abuse

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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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  1. Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Old Infirmary, CB 7510, 3324 27599-7510, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

    Cynthia Green M.D., J. Keith Smith M.D. & Mauricio Castillo M.D.

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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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