title: Overview and clinical presentation of inflicted head injury in infants.
abstract: Child abuse is a widespread phenomenon which is increasingly recognized in our culture. In this chapter, the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and commonly associated injuries are reviewed. The typical presentation and clinical assessment of inflicted head injury is also described.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital at Dartmouth, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA.
authors.forename: Ann-Christine
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Duhaime
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Partington
mesh_terms: D002649:Child Abuse; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011859:Radiography