Review Article| Volume 65, ISSUE 6, P1135-1150, December 2018

Child Abuse and Conditions That Mimic It

  • Elaine S. Pomeranz
    Correspondence
    Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, 1540 Hospital Drive, CW 2-737, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
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    Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, 1540 Hospital Drive, CW 2-737, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, 1540 Hospital Drive, CW 2-737, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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