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A fatal case of infantile scurvy |
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| Authors: | S. Mimasaka M. Funayama N. Adachi M. Nata M. Morita |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Seiryo-machi 2-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan Fax: +81-22-7178112, JP;(2) Department of Legal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S.1, W.17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan, JP |
| Abstract: | We report a case of infant death due to scurvy, which is very rare in Japan. We initially had little knowledge of the disease and suspected that the bleeding in the body was caused by domestic violence. The case did not fall under the category of the battered child syndrome but the death was caused by ignorance with respect to child care. In addition the parents usually locked the child alone in a room during the day and this is probably a case of neglect. Received: 16 June 1999 / Received in revised form: 31 August 1999 |
| Keywords: | Scurvy Periosteal bleeding Neglect |
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