Esophageal foreign bodies in children: Diagnosis, treatment, and complications

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 919-924

  Macpherson, Roderick I ^a   Hill, Jeanne G ^a   Othersen, H Biemann ^a   Tagge, Edward P ^a   Smith, Charles D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CROUP; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS DIVERTICULOSIS; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS FOREIGN BODY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0029880218     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.166.4.8610574     Document Type: Article

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