Traumatic duodenal perforations in children: Child abuse a frequent cause

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 380-382

  Bowkett, Brendan ^a,b   Kolbe, Anne ^a  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Duodenal perforation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DUODENUM PERFORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE SURGERY; MALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOMITING;

EID: 0031748358     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1998.tb04779.x     Document Type: Article

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