Hydrostatic Reduction of Acute Intussusception: A Prospective Study

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-32

  Duncan, N D ^a   Dennis, W ^a   Reid, V ^a   West, W ^a   Venugopal, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTUSSUSCEPTION; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; BARIUM SULFATE; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INFANT; INTUSSUSCEPTION; IRRIGATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0031841698     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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