Needle insertion in a child: A rare form of child abuse

Needle insertion is a rare form of child abuse that, though prevalent in the society as an attempted infanticide/homicide, remains undiagnosed and underreported. One should have strong suspicion for occurrence of child abuse in a child with history of needle injury. Here, we report an unusual case o...

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Main Authors: Archika Gupta, Om Prakash Purbey, Kanoujia Sunil, Anand Pandey, Shiv Narain Kureel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
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Online Access:http://www.jiaps.com/article.asp?issn=0971-9261;year=2018;volume=23;issue=3;spage=171;epage=173;aulast=Gupta