Paediatric enema syndrome in a rural African setting

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-144

  Moore, D A J ^a,b   Moore, N L ^a  

^a Hlabisa Hospital   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; POTASSIUM ION;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RURAL AREA; TACHYPNEA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0031747655     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1998.11747940     Document Type: Article

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