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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2003;88:F161 doi:10.1136/fn.88.2.F161
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Neonatal shaken baby syndrome—historical inexactitudes

  1. D I Rushton, Retired Paediatric Pathologist
  1. rushtonianoxon@aol.com

      I read with interest the article on neonatal shaken baby syndrome.1 Although a fascinating account of the sequence of events in this saga, it is factually incorrect in several respects. As the perinatal pathologist involved in the Birmingham series, I raised the possibility that the brain damage was due to the effects of physiotherapy prior to the publication of our report. My co-authors felt that the suggestion was too …

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