Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 7-11 , March 2010

Infant Acute Life-Threatening Event—Dysphagic Choking Versus Nonaccidental Injury

  • Patrick D. Barnes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Palo Alto, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Patrick D. Barnes, Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, 725 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304
    • ,
  • John Galaznik, MD

      Affiliations

    • Student Health Center, College of Community Health Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
    • ,
  • Horace Gardner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ophthalmologist, Manitou Springs, CO
    • ,
  • Mark Shuman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Pathology, Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner, Miami, FL

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doi: 10.1016/j.spen.2010.01.005

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 7-11 , March 2010

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