title: Pediatric head injuries from earthquakes.
abstract: By means of some illustrations, the authors briefly report the effects of some accidental head injuries caused by diverse mechanisms occurring in children. Many of these accidents seem to be preventable, but others are completely unavoidable and escape prevention as the one that is depicted in the cover of this issue.
authors.affiliation: Regional Service of Neurosurgery, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, 30120, El Palmar, Murcia, Spain. juanf.martinezlage@cablemurcia.com
authors.forename: Juan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Martinez-Lage
authors.forename: María-José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Almagro
authors.forename: Antonio López
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: López-Guerrero
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martínez-Lage Azorín
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D055866:Earthquakes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed