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Brain, Vol. 125, No. 3, 676-677, March 2002
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Letters to the Editor

Neuropathology of inflicted head injury in children

Manoj V. Parulekar1 and John S. Elston1

1 Oxford Eye Hospital, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK

Correspondence to: Mr J. S. Elston, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Oxford Eye Hospital, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HE UK E-mail: Mary.Spearman@orh.anglox.nhs.uk

Geddes et al. have raised several interesting questions about the pathogenesis of non-accidental head injury. It has been suspected previously that hypoxia secondary to apnoea rather than direct impact is responsible for the diffuse brain damage seen in non-accidental injury (Johnson et al., 1995Go). The authors’ . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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