@article{ref1,
title="Child sexual abuse. Physical examination",
journal="Acta paediatrica Scandinavica",
year="1989",
author="Lindblad, Frank and Ormstad, K. and Elinder, G.",
volume="78",
number="6",
pages="935-943",
abstract="Twenty-nine children were subjected to physical examination as part of a population-based study comprising 41 children, aged 0-17 years, all assumed to be victims of sexual abuse. The hymenal opening was measured with transparent test tubes of known diameters using a new, simple and reproducible method. The examination was in no case performed under anaesthesia. A dilated hymenal opening and/or other physical evidence of trauma or disease were found in 19/29 children. Examination results evaluated in the light of anamnestic information indicated that sexual abuse had occurred in 10 cases but in only 3 of these cases the suspect was convicted. Additional studies are required to shed light on age-related normal variations in genital anatomy.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0001-656X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}