Gastric outlet obstruction as a late complication of formaldehyde ingestion: A case report

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2289-2291

  Hawley, Charles K ^a,b   Harsch, Harold H ^a  

^a FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; METHANOL;

ADULT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE LAVAGE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0033179766     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01316.x     Document Type: Article

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