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Case Reports
. 2007 Oct;23(10):735-7.
doi: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181568039.

Frena tears and abusive head injury: a cautionary tale

Jonathan David Thackeray  1
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Frena tears and abusive head injury: a cautionary tale

Jonathan David Thackeray. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2007 Oct.

Abstract

Tears of the lingual and labial frena have been associated with accidental and nonaccidental injury. Three cases of infants are presented who were evaluated in the hospital with frena tears which were not recognized as manifestations of abuse, discharged home, and subsequently returned with manifestations of severe abusive head injury.

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