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Shaken Baby Syndrome—A Forensic Pediatric Response

David L. Chadwick, Robert H. Kirschner, Robert M. Reece, Lawrence R. Ricci, Randall Alexander, Mia Amaya, Judith Ann Bays, Kirsten Bechtel, Rebecca Beltran-Coker, Carol D. Berkowitz, Steven D. Blatt, Ann S. Botash, Jocelyn Brown, Mary Carrasco, Cindy Christian, Patrick Clyne, Daniel L. Coury, James Crawford, Nicholas Cunningham, Michael D. DeBellis, Chris Derauf, John de Triquet, Bernard P. Dreyer, Howard Dubowitz, Kenneth W. Feldman, Martin A. Finkel, Emalee G. Flaherty, Lori Frasier, Lorraine Gari, Jill Glick, Penny Grant, Gilles Fortin, Scott Halpert, Ralph A. Hicks, Dirk Huyer, Carol Jenny, Mark Joffe, Steven W. Kairys, Karen M. Kaplan, Marilyn Kaufhold, Kathi J. Kemper, Elliot J. Krane, Henry Krous, Michelle Lorand, John McCann, Marcellina Mian, Kieran Moran, Lucy M. Osborn, Vincent Palusci, Mary Ann Radkowski, Mary E. Rimsza, Desmond Runyan, Michael Ryan, Matthew D. Sadof, Charles Schubert, Robert Sege, Robert A. Shapiro, Benjamin Siegel, Andrew Sirotnak, Wilbur Smith, Rebecca Socolar, Demetra Soter, Suzanne P. Starling, Carol Stashwick, R. Daryl Steiner, John Stirling, Naomi Sugar, Thomas Truman, David Turkewitz, Claudia Wang, J. M. Whitworth and Joseph A. Zenel
Pediatrics February 1998, 101 (2) 321-323; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.101.2.321
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Shaken Baby Syndrome—A Forensic Pediatric Response
David L. Chadwick, Robert H. Kirschner, Robert M. Reece, Lawrence R. Ricci, Randall Alexander, Mia Amaya, Judith Ann Bays, Kirsten Bechtel, Rebecca Beltran-Coker, Carol D. Berkowitz, Steven D. Blatt, Ann S. Botash, Jocelyn Brown, Mary Carrasco, Cindy Christian, Patrick Clyne, Daniel L. Coury, James Crawford, Nicholas Cunningham, Michael D. DeBellis, Chris Derauf, John de Triquet, Bernard P. Dreyer, Howard Dubowitz, Kenneth W. Feldman, Martin A. Finkel, Emalee G. Flaherty, Lori Frasier, Lorraine Gari, Jill Glick, Penny Grant, Gilles Fortin, Scott Halpert, Ralph A. Hicks, Dirk Huyer, Carol Jenny, Mark Joffe, Steven W. Kairys, Karen M. Kaplan, Marilyn Kaufhold, Kathi J. Kemper, Elliot J. Krane, Henry Krous, Michelle Lorand, John McCann, Marcellina Mian, Kieran Moran, Lucy M. Osborn, Vincent Palusci, Mary Ann Radkowski, Mary E. Rimsza, Desmond Runyan, Michael Ryan, Matthew D. Sadof, Charles Schubert, Robert Sege, Robert A. Shapiro, Benjamin Siegel, Andrew Sirotnak, Wilbur Smith, Rebecca Socolar, Demetra Soter, Suzanne P. Starling, Carol Stashwick, R. Daryl Steiner, John Stirling, Naomi Sugar, Thomas Truman, David Turkewitz, Claudia Wang, J. M. Whitworth, Joseph A. Zenel
Pediatrics Feb 1998, 101 (2) 321-323; DOI: 10.1542/peds.101.2.321

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Shaken Baby Syndrome—A Forensic Pediatric Response
David L. Chadwick, Robert H. Kirschner, Robert M. Reece, Lawrence R. Ricci, Randall Alexander, Mia Amaya, Judith Ann Bays, Kirsten Bechtel, Rebecca Beltran-Coker, Carol D. Berkowitz, Steven D. Blatt, Ann S. Botash, Jocelyn Brown, Mary Carrasco, Cindy Christian, Patrick Clyne, Daniel L. Coury, James Crawford, Nicholas Cunningham, Michael D. DeBellis, Chris Derauf, John de Triquet, Bernard P. Dreyer, Howard Dubowitz, Kenneth W. Feldman, Martin A. Finkel, Emalee G. Flaherty, Lori Frasier, Lorraine Gari, Jill Glick, Penny Grant, Gilles Fortin, Scott Halpert, Ralph A. Hicks, Dirk Huyer, Carol Jenny, Mark Joffe, Steven W. Kairys, Karen M. Kaplan, Marilyn Kaufhold, Kathi J. Kemper, Elliot J. Krane, Henry Krous, Michelle Lorand, John McCann, Marcellina Mian, Kieran Moran, Lucy M. Osborn, Vincent Palusci, Mary Ann Radkowski, Mary E. Rimsza, Desmond Runyan, Michael Ryan, Matthew D. Sadof, Charles Schubert, Robert Sege, Robert A. Shapiro, Benjamin Siegel, Andrew Sirotnak, Wilbur Smith, Rebecca Socolar, Demetra Soter, Suzanne P. Starling, Carol Stashwick, R. Daryl Steiner, John Stirling, Naomi Sugar, Thomas Truman, David Turkewitz, Claudia Wang, J. M. Whitworth, Joseph A. Zenel
Pediatrics Feb 1998, 101 (2) 321-323; DOI: 10.1542/peds.101.2.321
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