Cervical spine anomalies in Menkes disease: a radiologic finding potentially confused with child abuse
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Menkes disease as a differential diagnosis of child abuse.
Division of Child Neurology / Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery / Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo SP, Brazil (UNIFESP-EPM): Resident, Division of Child Neurology, UNIFESP-EPM; Resident, Department of Radiology, Heliopolis Hospital, Sao Paulo SP, Brazil; Post-Graduate Researcher, Division of Child Neurology / Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UNIFESP-EPM; Associated Phy...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Radiology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0301-0449,1432-1998
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-012-2457-4