Perianal herpes zoster presenting as suspected child abuse

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 608-610

  Christian, Cindy W ^a   Singer, Michele L ^a,b   Crawford, James E ^a,b   Durbin, Dennis ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; PERIANAL GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SEXUAL ABUSE; ULCER; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031003278     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.4.608     Document Type: Article

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