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To the Editor: Duhaime et al. (June 18 issue)¹ skirt the fact that there is no objective evidence that the entity called the "shaken-baby syndrome" exists. This is not just my opinion as a forensic pathologist with 30 years of experience but also the opinion of many of my colleagues, and if one reads the article by Duhaime et al. carefully, it is their opinion by implication. In the second paragraph, they note that "it is the sudden deceleration associated with the forceful striking of the head against a surface that is responsible for most, if not all, severe, inflicted . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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