@article{ref1,
title="Assessment of the sexually abused female children admitted to a tertiary care hospital: eight year experience",
journal="Pakistan journal of medical sciences quarterly",
year="2014",
author="Mollamahmutoglu, Leyla and Uzunlar, Ozlem and Kahyaoglu, Inci and Ozyer, Sebnem and Besli, Mustafa and Karaca, Mujdegul",
volume="30",
number="5",
pages="1104-1107",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To discuss the medical, social and legal characteristics of the child sexual abuse and to provide a perspective for gynecologists on this topic. <br><br>METHODS: A retrospective analysis was carried out of the medicolegal records of female children below the age of 18 referred to a tertiary teaching hospital and diagnosed as being exposed to sexual abuse within the family between the years of 2004 to 2012. <br><br>RESULTS: One hundred and thirty-nine cases were diagnosed as being exposed to sexual abuse during the 8 year period, 23 of them (16.5%) had been involved in sexual abuse within the family. Eleven out of 23 had been admitted as part of a legal process while the rest were reported by a third person. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Since sexual abuse within the family is a taboo in Islamic societies, the diagnosis can take a long time. Recognition of sexually abused children, providing early performance of medicolegal examinations, and applying standardized medical guidelines are essential to protect these children.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1682-024X",
doi="10.12669/pjms.305.5274",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.305.5274"
}