@article{ref1,
title="Immunodeficiency induced by child abuse",
journal="Journal of clinical forensic medicine",
year="1998",
author="Fukunaga, Tatsushige and Tanegashima, A. and Yamamoto, H. and Saijoh, K.",
volume="5",
number="4",
pages="207-210",
abstract="We report the case of a 9-year-old girl who died from sepsis from cellulitis of the neck caused by a right ear injury. The autopsy findings showed severe involution of the thymus and atrophy of lymphoid tissues. The impairment of T- and B-cell functions was demonstrated both histologically and immunohistologically. Thymic involution caused by child abuse might lead to secondary immunodeficiency.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1353-1131",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}