Head injuries in children--aetiology, symptoms, physical findings and X-ray wastage.

We read the recent paper by Boulis et al., (1978), with great interest and must congratulate the authors on the lucid argument they have advanced to reduce the number of skull radiographs in head injuries in children.

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