Cutaneous mimickers of child abuse: A primer for pediatricians

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1221-1230

  Aljasser, Mohammed ^a   Al Khenaizan, Sultan ^a  

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

Author keywords

Child abuse; Cutaneous; Mimickers

Indexed keywords

ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; BLISTER; CELLULITIS; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEMANGIOMA; HERPES ZOSTER; IMPETIGO BULLOSA; INCIDENCE; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MONGOLIAN SPOT; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEVUS; PAPULE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DISEASE; URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA; VULVA PRURITUS; VULVITIS; X LINKED ICHTHYOSIS;

ANUS NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; ICHTHYOSIS, X-LINKED; IMPETIGO; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIP NEOPLASMS; MONGOLIAN SPOT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH; SKIN DISEASES; URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 51849150680     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-008-0792-0     Document Type: Review

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