A case of congenital syphilis mistaken for possible child abuse
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Kim, Soon Ju
(Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Lee, Seung Woo (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Rhim, Jung Woo (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Youn, You Sook (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Lee, Jun Sung (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Lee, Kyung Yil (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Hwang, Ja Young (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) |
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