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Skeletal Injuries

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Skeletal injuries are common and were part of the first radiological and clinical descriptions of child abuse. The ability to recognize them is key to diagnosis. They are varied, some are specific for abuse, and they are not life-threatening. In most cases the functional prognosis is good.

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  1. Service d’Imagerie Médicale, Hôpital Nord, CHU Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France

    Michel Panuel & Kathia Chaumoitre

  2. Service d’Imagerie Pédiatrique et Prénatale, Hôpital La Timone—Enfants, CHU Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France

    Philippe Petit

  3. Service d’Orthopédie Infantile, Hôpital La Timone—Enfants, CHU Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France

    Jean-Luc Jouve

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  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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Panuel, M., Chaumoitre, K., Petit, P., Jouve, JL. (2018). Skeletal Injuries. In: Rey-Salmon, C., Adamsbaum, C. (eds) Child Abuse. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65882-7_6

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