Has this prepubertal girl been sexually abused?

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 2779-2792

  Berkoff, Molly Curtin ^a   Zolotor, Adam J ^a   Makoroff, Kathi L ^b   Thackeray, Jonathan D ^c   Shapiro, Robert A ^b   Runyan, Desmond K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DATA EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYMEN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL INJURY;

EID: 58049206546     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2008.827     Document Type: Article

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