The cutaneous manifestations and common mimickers of physical child abuse

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 123-129

  Mudd, Shawna S ^a,b   Findlay, Jeanne S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

EID: 2342437832     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5245(03)00294-3     Document Type: Article

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