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Current issues and controversies surrounding spine imaging and the significance of spinal subdural hemorrhage in suspected abusive head trauma

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Collaborators

The following persons are, as members of the ENIGMA (Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics by Meta-Analysis) Child Abuse Working Group, collaborators on this publication: Farah W. Brink (Division of Child and Family Advocacy, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH), Marguerite M. Caré (Division of Pediatric Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH), Kristin Garton Crichton (Division of Child and Family Advocacy, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH), Suzanne B. Haney (Division of Child Abuse Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center and Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, NE), Natalie N. Kissoon (Division of Child Abuse Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX), James B. Metz (Department of Pediatrics, University of Vermont Children’s Hospital, Burlington, VT), Sarah A. W. Northrop (Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC), Jeffrey P. Otjen (Department of Radiology, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, WA), Jason N. Wright (Department of Radiology, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, WA).

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Katherine W. Canty

  2. Safe Child and Adolescent Program, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Kenneth W. Feldman

  3. Department of Radiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA

    Brenda Bartnik-Olson

  4. Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

    Arabinda K. Choudhary

  5. Department of Radiology, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Mark S. Shiroishi

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  • Farah W. Brink
  • , Marguerite M. Caré
  • , Kristin Garton Crichton
  • , Suzanne B. Haney
  • , Natalie N. Kissoon
  • , James B. Metz
  • , Sarah A. W. Northrop
  • , Jeffrey P. Otjen
  •  & Jason N. Wright

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Dr. Feldman consults in medical legal cases involving possible child abuse. Dr. Choudhary serves as a child abuse expert in legal cases and lectures at child abuse meetings. The other authors report no conflicts of interest.

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Canty, K.W., Feldman, K.W., Bartnik-Olson, B. et al. Current issues and controversies surrounding spine imaging and the significance of spinal subdural hemorrhage in suspected abusive head trauma. Pediatr Radiol 52, 2445–2449 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-022-05534-0

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