Conservative management of pediatric distal esophageal coins

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 723-726

  Conners, Gregory P ^a,c   Chamberlain, James M ^b   Ochsenschlager, Daniel W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

coin; esophagus; foreign body

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESOPHAGUS; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030293993     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(96)00185-0     Document Type: Article

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