American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect. Gonorrhea in prepubertal children.
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Abstract
This statement updates a 1983 statement on this topic and reminds physicians that sexual abuse should be strongly considered when a gonorrheal infection is diagnosed in a child after the newborn period and before the onset of puberty.
Medical subject headings
- Child Abuse, Sexual
- Gonorrhea