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Diagnostic Strategies and Recommendations

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The authors provide the reader with some essential points about assessment strategies and recommendations when there is suspicion of abuse: indications leading to hospitalization and complementary examinations, along with general principles for drafting the medical certificate.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Unité Médico Judiciaire —Versailles, Paris, France

    Caroline Rey-Salmon & Ophélie Ferrant

  2. Imagerie Pédiatrique—CHU Bicêtre, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94270, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France

    Catherine Adamsbaum

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  1. Forensic Unit Hôtel Dieu Hospital, Paris, France

    Caroline Rey-Salmon

  2. Pediatric Radiology, Department Hôpital de Bicêtre CHU Bicêtre AP-HP, Faculté de Médecine Paris Sud University, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France

    Catherine Adamsbaum

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Rey-Salmon, C., Ferrant, O., Adamsbaum, C. (2018). Diagnostic Strategies and Recommendations. In: Rey-Salmon, C., Adamsbaum, C. (eds) Child Abuse. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65882-7_22

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