The “Shaken Baby” syndrome: pathology and mechanisms

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Acta Neuropathologica

• Publication date

  2011-09-24

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1007/s00401-011-0875-2PMID 21947257
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