Citation

Merten DF, Carpenter BL. Pediatr. Clin. North Am. 1990; 37(4): 815-837.

Affiliation

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2199917

Abstract

Injuries associated with child abuse may involve any anatomic focus and organ system. Although many if not most of the injuries associated with physical abuse cannot serve as definitive evidence of maltreatment, awareness of patterns of injuries in abused infants and children initially may serve to identify potential victims of abuse and stimulate more thorough clinical and radiologic investigation. It is essential that less familiar intracranial and abdominal injuries be thoroughly evaluated for possible abuse when circumstances suggest maltreatment, or no plausible explanation is given for radiologic findings.

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