Comment on van Gemert et al. Asymptomatic Infant Rib Fractures Are Primarily Non-abuse-Related and Should Not Be Used to Assess Physical Child Abuse. <i>Children</i> 2023, <i>10</i>, 1827
Bernd Herrmann,
Tanja Brüning,
Sibylle Banaschak,
Oliver Berthold
Affiliations
Bernd Herrmann
Department for Neonatology and General Pediatrics, Klinikum Kassel GmbH, 34125 Kassel, Germany
Tanja Brüning
Department for Child Protection, Vestische Kinder- und Jugendklinik Datteln, Witten/Herdecke University, 45711 Datteln, Germany
Sibylle Banaschak
Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, 50823 Cologne, Germany
Oliver Berthold
Child Abuse Clinic, Department for Pediatrics, DRK Kliniken Berlin, 14050 Berlin, Germany
We are deeply concerned about the scientific quality of the article “Asymptomatic Infant Rib Fractures Are Primarily Non-abuse-Related and Should Not Be Used to Assess Physical Child Abuse” published in the journal Children in 2023 by van Gemert et al [...]
