Lichen sclerosus mistaken for child sexual abuse

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 317-320

  Al Khenaizan, Sultan ^a   Almuneef, Maha ^a   Kentab, Osama ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; MOMETASONE FUROATE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DYSURIA; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL PRURITUS;

CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; VULVAR LICHEN SCLEROSUS;

EID: 17444392876     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02399.x     Document Type: Article

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