Acute retropharyngeal abscess in children

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-112

  Ameh, Emmanuel A ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNX SPASM; NEEDLE BIOPSY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032972353     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724939992734     Document Type: Article

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