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Are There Hallmarks of Child Abuse? I. Osseous Injuries

Fractures are commonly found in cases regarded as child abuse. The most commonly encountered fractures are to the ribs and the metaphyses. This paper examines the specificity of the classical metaphyseal lesion (CML) and rib fractures as hallmarks of child abuse. Recently, vitamin D deficiency (rick...

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Published in:Acad Forensic Pathol
Main Authors: Walker, Alfredo, Kepron, Charis, Milroy, Christopher M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: SAGE Publications 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6474500/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31239932
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.23907/2016.056
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