Educational paper: Imaging child abuse: The bare bones

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-224

  Van Rijn, Rick Robert ^a,b   Sieswerda Hoogendoorn, Tessa ^b  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child Abuse; Fractures; Radiology

Indexed keywords

BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METAPHYSEAL CORNER FRACTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL FRACTURE DATING; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; SKIN BRUISING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84857063699     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-011-1499-1     Document Type: Review

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