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===Clinical triad===
===Clinical triad===
Classically described as:<ref name=pmid18365221>{{cite journal |author=Oehmichen M, Schleiss D, Pedal I, Saternus KS, Gerling I, Meissner C |title=Shaken baby syndrome: re-examination of diffuse axonal injury as cause of death |journal=Acta Neuropathol. |volume=116 |issue=3 |pages=317–29 |year=2008 |month=September |pmid=18365221 |doi=10.1007/s00401-008-0356-4 |url=}}</ref>
Classically described as:<ref name=pmid18365221>{{cite journal |author=Oehmichen M, Schleiss D, Pedal I, Saternus KS, Gerling I, Meissner C |title=Shaken baby syndrome: re-examination of diffuse axonal injury as cause of death |journal=Acta Neuropathol. |volume=116 |issue=3 |pages=317–29 |year=2008 |month=September |pmid=18365221 |doi=10.1007/s00401-008-0356-4 |url=}}</ref>
*Retinal haemorrhage.
#Retinal haemorrhage.
*[[Subdural hemorrhage]] (SDH).
#[[Subdural hemorrhage]] (SDH).
*Acute encephalopathy.
#Acute encephalopathy.
**Some say ''brain swelling''.<ref>David Ramsay. 9 September 2010.</ref>
#*Some say ''brain swelling''.<ref>David Ramsay. 9 September 2010.</ref>


===Pathologic triad===
===Pathologic triad===
*Subdural hemorrhage (SDH).
#Subdural hemorrhage (SDH).
**May be "thin film" type.
#*May be "thin film" type.
*Retinal hemorrhage/nerve sheath hemorrhage.<ref name=pmid18936952>PMID 18936952.</ref>
#Retinal hemorrhage/nerve sheath hemorrhage.<ref name=pmid18936952>PMID 18936952.</ref>
*Hypoxic encephalopathy.
#Hypoxic encephalopathy.


===Other features===
===Other features===
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