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shaken baby syndrome
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shaken baby syndrome also shaken infant syndrome
n.
A syndrome in infants in which brain injury is caused by shaking of such violence that the child's brain rebounds against the skull, resulting in bruising, swelling, and bleeding of the brain and often leading to permanent, severe brain damage or death.

shaken baby syndrome  (shkn)
A condition in infants in which brain injury is caused by violent shaking that causes the child's brain to rebound against the skull. This results in bruising, swelling, and bleeding of the brain, often leading to permanent, severe brain damage or death.


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From this Donnelly points out that a certain intellectual foundation works beneath both law and science, that being the careful observation, analysis and application of the facts, giving by example the prediction of violence against children, studies of shaken infant syndrome, bite mark evidence, and biochemical evidence of sexual abuse.
He added: "This was a classic case of shaken infant syndrome where the perpetrator holds the baby by the chest and shakes it vigorously.
He added: "It is a classical injury of the kind seen in what is known as shaken infant syndrome.
 
 
 
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