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Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus in children misdiagnosed as sexual abuse.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Handfield-Jones, S. E., Hinde, F. R., & Kennedy, C. T.
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 1987-05-30
- Volume
- 294
- Issue
- 6584
- Pages
- 1404-1405
- ISSN
- 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
- 0959-8138
- 1468-5833
- PMC
- PMC1246561
- OpenAlex
- W2039108637
- Cited by
- 73
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 7.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- BMJ (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Genital Health and Disease
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Child Abuse and Related Trauma
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Keywords
- lichen sclerosus, misdiagnosis, sexual abuse, children, genital skin disease, differential diagnosis
- MeSH terms
- Child Abuse, Sexual, Child, Preschool, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Humans, Skin Diseases, Syndrome, Vulvar Diseases
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