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Accidental Trauma

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Accidents are the most prevalent cause of bruising in children, especially when they start to become more mobile. Therefore, accidents are the most important differential diagnosis in bruising in children.

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  1. Department of Forensic Medicine, Netherlands Forensic Institute, The Hague, Netherlands

    Robert A. C. Bilo M.D.

  2. Department of Paediatric Dermatology, Erasmus MC - Sophia, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    Arnold P. Oranje M.D., Ph.D.

  3. Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    Tor Shwayder M.D. (Director of Pediatric Dermatology)

  4. St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK

    Christopher J. Hobbs M.D.

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Bilo, R.A.C., Oranje, A.P., Shwayder, T., Hobbs, C.J. (2013). Accidental Trauma. In: Cutaneous Manifestations of Child Abuse and Their Differential Diagnosis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29287-3_4

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