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Iceland Shaken Baby Syndrome Case Reopened?
Dr. Waney Squier, a professor in neuropathology at Oxford University, stated on RÚV’s news magazine Kastljós on Wednesday that the traditional diagnosis for shaken baby syndrome is obsolete and that the findings of the autopsy of a nine-month-old boy who died in Iceland in 2001, leading to the conviction of a man for accidental manslaughter, was inconclusive.
Iceland Review
Iceland Review
1/16/15

Rejecting shaken baby claim, judge blasts UIHC doc
IOWA CITY, Ia. – A judge has found an Iowa man not guilty of shaking and injuring his newborn baby, sharply criticizing a doctor at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for mishandling the investigation into the child's injuries.
Associated Press
Iowa City Press-Citizen
12/24/14




