Case records of the LeBonheur children's medical center: A 17-month-old girl with abdominal distension and portal vein gas

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-242

  Knapp, Jane F ^a   Herman, Martin I ^a   Glass, Todd ^a   Howard, Scott C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal distension; Abuse; Munchausen by proxy; Portal vein gas

Indexed keywords

ACETONE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MORTALITY; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PORTAL VEIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS;

ABDOMEN; ACETONE; COSMETICS; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; INFANT; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; PORTAL VEIN; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0030787843     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199706000-00018     Document Type: Article

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