Phytobezoar-induced ileal and colonic obstruction in childhood

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 214-216

  Efrati, Yigal ^a   Freud, Enrique ^b   Serour, Francis ^b   Klin, Baruch ^b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON OBSTRUCTION; DIETARY INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; ILEUS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PHYTOBEZOAR; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; VEGETABLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; BEZOARS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITRUS; COLON; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRUIT; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; RECTUM; SEEDS;

EID: 0030845090     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199708000-00015     Document Type: Article

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