Child abuse and its mimics in skin and bone /

"Of all children reported to child protective services for suspected maltreatment in any form, the percentage of substantiated cases of physical abuse actually is quite small. There are a number of dermatological and radiologically demonstrable musculoskeletal lesions that have been, or could b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Brogdon, B. G. (Byron Gilliam) (Author), Shwayder, Tor (Author), Elifritz, Jamie (Author)
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, 2012.
Subjects:	Abused children > Wounds and injuries > Atlases. Diagnosis, Differential. Cutaneous manifestations of general diseases. Child Abuse > diagnosis Diagnosis, Differential Forensic Medicine > methods Skin Manifestations Wounds and Injuries > diagnostic imaging Diagnostics différentiels. Manifestations cutanées des maladies. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Child Abuse. Child abuse > Diagnosis Medical jurisprudence Atlas atlases. Scientific atlases Atlases. Atlas.
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Table of Contents:

The concept of child abuse in historical perspective
Musculoskeletal trauma in infants and children : accidental or inflicted?
Radiological mimickers of physical child abuse
Dermatological signs of physical abuse
Dermatological mimics of physical abuse.