Abstract
Shaken baby syndrome (SBS) is a vitreo-chorioretinopathy secondary to nonaccidental trauma that occurs in children younger than 3–5 years old, and most frequently in infants less than 6–12 months old.
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Ali, T.K., Young, R.C., Fallas, B.J. (2016). Shaken Baby Syndrome. In: Medina, C., Townsend, J., Singh, A. (eds) Manual of Retinal Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20460-4_15
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