Healing of hymenal injuries in prepubertal and adolescent girls: A descriptive study

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  McCann, John ^a,b   Miyamoto, Sheridan ^a   Boyle, Cathy ^a,c   Rogers, Kristen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UC Davis Children's Hospital ^*  (United States)

^c University of California at Davis School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental genital injuries; Adolescent sexual assault; Child abuse; Child sexual abuse; Forensic evidence; Genital injuries; Sexual abuse; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYMEN; INFANT; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MUCOSAL BLEEDING; PETECHIA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; SEXUAL CRIME; VICTIM; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYMEN; INFANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34248213088     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0964     Document Type: Article

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